Harmel Academy Inc (Harmel Academy of the Trades)

Harmel Academy Inc (doing business as Harmel Academy of the Trades) is a residential Catholic post-secondary trade school in Grand Rapids, Michigan that combines hands-on trades training with a humanities curriculum and spiritual formation for men. The organization’s EIN (82-0916401) is verified against federal nonprofit filings and public nonprofit databases; it has been tax-exempt since 2018 and files annual Form 990 returns.

In recent years Harmel has expanded programming and campus operations: it has grown enrollment, launched new offerings (including a Foundations of Skilled Stewardship gap-year pathway), awarded internal scholarships to students, and completed an institutional campus move in 2025 to support continued growth. Financially the Academy recorded substantial year-over-year revenue growth in its most recent filings, supported by multiple foundation grants and increased contributions that funded program expansion, scholarships, and capital needs.