French Camp Academy

The information on this page was last updated 3/1/2024. If you see errors or omissions, please email: [email protected]


Summary

The primary purpose of French Camp Academy is to provide a Christian school and Christian home for young people, mostly teenagers, with family problems not of their own making. FCA is not a reform school, orphanage, or expensive private school. Our students are victims of parental divorce, alcoholism abuse, illness, abandonment, and so forth.


Contact information

Mailing address:
French Camp Academy
One Fine Place
French Camp, MS 39745

Website: frenchcamp.org

Phone: 662-547-6482

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 640321520

CEO/President: F. Steward Edwards, Jr.

Chairman: Hugh Potts Jr.

Board size: 12

Founder: Presbyterian missionaries

Ruling year: 1949

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 05/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 1988


Purpose

Located in the lush pine woods of central Mississippi, along the scenic Natchez Trace, we offer a safe, stable home where young people of all kinds can learn and live.

Though their backgrounds are diverse, all of our students trust French Camp Academy to empower them to thrive emotionally, come alive spiritually, stretch academically, grow physically and mature socially.


Mission statement

French Camp Academy, a Christ-centered home and school, exists to serve young people and families for the glory of God.


Statement of faith

French Camp Academy Adopted Statement of Faith: THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION OF FAITH AND CATECHISM

I. God is the One being existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God is the Sovereign, the Creator, and the Sustainer of all things. God is the source and end of all truth.

II. The Scriptures are the written Word of God, inerrant in their original writings. They are the infallible authority by which He directs and governs all our activities, including the education of our children.

III. Jesus Christ is the eternally begotten Son of God. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He is truly God and truly man. Through Christ's life, death, resurrection and ascension, He accomplished for His people a decisive victory over sin and death and established His kingdom among men.

IV. Man was created in the image of God as a rational, moral, and spiritual being. Man sinned in Adam and fell with him in his first transgression. Man's fall affected him spiritually, intellectually, and physically. Man is restored only by the renewing grace of the Holy Spirit and the cleansing blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

V. The Lord Jesus Christ will return in glory and triumph for the final judgment and the consummation of His kingdom. All those who have truly repented of their sins and have received Christ as their personal savior will be eternally with the Lord Jesus Christ. All those who have failed truly to repent of their sins and have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ will be eternally damned without Christ in a literal hell.

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: K-12 Schools/Academies

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating290 of 109722 of 49
Fund acquisition rating9 of 10987 of 49
Resource allocation rating520 of 109826 of 49
Asset utilization rating698 of 109735 of 49

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
11%10%10%10%4%18%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
2%6%5%6%3%9%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
13%65%50%58%79%51%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
2%7%8%9%8%9%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
87%35%50%42%21%49%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
83%83%82%80%82%81%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
98%94%60%64%40%102%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
80%77%49%51%32%83%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
2%6%40%36%60%-2%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
2%1%8%5%20%0%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
14%10%10%11%10%10%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.500.130.120.090.130.16
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
3.101.381.321.251.301.39
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.870.180.150.120.160.22
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
3.0652.6355.1860.9490.9538.73
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.330.020.020.020.010.03
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
3.1763.7677.0599.7572.3852.23
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20232022202120202019
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
32%2%2%2%3%4%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
9%0%0%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
137%729%845%1040%774%599%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20232022202120202019
Cash$7,877,862$8,878,550$5,818,514$4,985,209$4,398,730
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$392,214$224,536$216,678$782,306$371,473
Short-term investments$44,084,051$45,519,866$53,098,980$40,712,820$30,047,758
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$52,354,127$54,622,952$59,134,172$46,480,335$34,817,961
Long-term investments$4,003,791$4,079,282$3,880,872$3,503,945$3,276,941
Fixed assets$10,572,433$7,501,189$7,037,982$6,910,321$6,683,913
Other long-term assets$5,069,445$5,838,780$4,108,034$3,749,982$3,667,458
Total long-term assets$19,645,669$17,419,251$15,026,888$14,164,248$13,628,312
Total assets$71,999,796$72,042,203$74,161,060$60,644,583$48,446,273
 
Liabilities20232022202120202019
Payables and accrued expenses$472,032$472,649$483,738$427,567$407,249
Other current liabilities$522,812$517,231$486,647$83,463$491,830
Total current liabilities$994,844$989,880$970,385$511,030$899,079
Debt$0$0$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$500,062$431,845$449,637$1,149,347$907,071
Total long-term liabilities$500,062$431,845$449,637$1,149,347$907,071
Total liabilities$1,494,906$1,421,725$1,420,022$1,660,377$1,806,150
 
Net assets20232022202120202019
Without donor restrictions$38,488,394$36,445,982$35,396,579$30,278,193$18,223,177
With donor restrictions$32,016,496$34,174,496$37,344,459$28,706,013$28,416,946
Net assets$70,504,890$70,620,478$72,741,038$58,984,206$46,640,123
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20232022202120202019
Total contributions$6,721,872$6,942,197$6,381,208$15,206,345$3,910,139
Program service revenue$2,644,395$2,641,776$1,617,193$2,182,884$2,340,402
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$672,080$4,163,190$2,682,926$1,692,589$1,040,107
Other revenue$294,068$136,912$232,110$211,077$370,527
Total other revenue$3,610,543$6,941,878$4,532,229$4,086,550$3,751,036
Total revenue$10,332,415$13,884,075$10,913,437$19,292,895$7,661,175
 
Expenses20232022202120202019
Program services$7,991,530$6,821,540$5,603,032$6,239,365$6,321,029
Management and general$1,014,178$869,364$758,979$777,821$785,552
Fundraising$661,029$662,202$634,894$604,589$686,125
Total expenses$9,666,737$8,353,106$6,996,905$7,621,775$7,792,706
 
Change in net assets20232022202120202019
Surplus (deficit)$665,678$5,530,969$3,916,532$11,671,120($131,531)
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$665,678$5,530,969$3,916,532$11,671,120($131,531)

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
F Stewart Edwards JrPresident$97,070
J Lance RagsdaleVice President$50,233
R Stephen UlerichCFO$47,888

Compensation data as of: 5/31/2023


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History

The town of French Camp dates to about 1810 when Frenchman Louis Lefleur established a trading post and inn on the Natchez Trace, the fabled trade route between Natchez and Nashville. The Choctaw natives and others in the area called it "The Frenchman's Camp," later shortened to "French Camp."

In 1885 a group of Presbyterian missionaries established a school for girls at French Camp - the Mississippi Institute for Girls. Because of its success, a school for boys was started later that year, named French Camp Academy.

In 1915, fire destroyed the girls' institute, and the schools were combined under the name "French Camp Academy."

A major change took place in 1950, when French Camp Academy was reorganized under the direction of an interdenominational board of trustees. Since that time, we have grown to accommodate up to 170 boarding students, and provide a quality Christ-centered education and atmosphere.

French Camp Academy today is respected nationwide as an interdenominational Christian boarding school with a rich history of helping young people.

The town and school together form a thriving 900-acre community, 90 miles north of Jackson and 80 miles south of Tupelo. With a population of about 175, the town is home to FCA graduates, as well as current staff and students. The history and progress of FCA and the town of French Camp go hand-in-hand. We are thankful to have a great community to help support and enhance our ministry to young people.


Program accomplishments


Needs

Your generous donation will help us provide a safe, stable home where young people can learn and live.