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US nonprofit · EIN 873737445 · Canton, GAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 873737445) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2021.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Liberty Classical Schools Educational Services Inc's network

3 people1 organisationi3 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

3 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 3 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Harrison Coleman ChairChair2023
3 yrs
Bobby JonesMember2024
2 yrs
Merrit HuberTreasurer2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Avery McCoyDirector of Data/Accountability2025
Cari MuellerHR Director2025
Dudley FranklinDirector of Advancement2025
Mark NolanCFOsince 2024
Matthew KirbyCEO / Executive Directorsince 2023
Robert KellyCompany secretarysince 2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Matthew KirbyCEO / Executive Director38$188k$30k
Mark NolanCFO38$174k$40k
Robert KellyChief Administrator / Secretary38$150k$31k
Cari MuellerHR Director38$112k$33k
Dudley FranklinDirector of Advancement38$110k$20k
Avery McCoyDirector of Data/Accountability38$104k$35k
Harrison ColemanChair2$0
Merrit HuberTreasurer2$0
Bobby JonesMember2$0

About

Legal name
Liberty Classical Schools Educational Services Inc
EIN
873737445
Address
2126 Sixes Rd, Canton, GA, 30114-8162
State
Georgia
Mission
To form, organize, operate, and support k through 12 charter schools that develop students in mind and character through a classical, content-rich cirriculum that emphasizes the principles of virtuous living, traditional learning, and civic responsibility grounded upon principles of objective truth, virtue, courage, courtesy, honesty, perserverance, self-government, and service; and, to... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B02 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2021
Principal officer
Matthew Kirby (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2022
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsHarrison Coleman
≥2years on the filingsBobby Jones
≥2years on the filingsMerrit Huber

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2m
Total liabilities
$483k
Net assets or fund balances
$1.5m
Contributions and grants received
$2.4m
Program service revenue
$2.7m
Grants and similar paid out
$1.4m
Employees
20
Volunteers
3

Filed finances

2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$5.1m$4.4m$733k
2023$2.5m$2.1m$348k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

3 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Cherokee Classical AcademyProgram support$990k
Fayette Classical AcademyProgram support$360k
Northwest Classical AcademyProgram support$100k