Adams County Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251501365
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Gettysburg, PA, United States
- Phone
- 717-334-9177
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $393,220
- Expenses
- $363,215
- Assets
- $637,442
- Liabilities
- $351,650
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TOM ELLICOTT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TOM ELLICOTT (PRESIDENT)
- EDWARD MOE (VICE PRESIDE)
- KAREN PHILLIPS (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Partnering with parents to transform students to be the leaders of tomorrow and impact the world for Jesus Christ by equipping them to be distinctively recognized by spiritual and academic maturity. ACCA is working to increase our student scholarship fund. We want to make it possible for all families to attend ACCA no matter their financial status. On average, families pay $500/month per child to attend ACCA. For some families with multiple children they have to decide which child will attend because they simply cannot afford tuition. It also takes approximately $15,000 each school year to properly educate one child. There is a great deficit and we are asking you to help fill that gap! There are multiple ways to support our students and the school. To find out more, please email us by clicking below. Sponsor a Student.
What it reported doing in 2024
The academy provides quality educational experience to students in grades k-12.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.75; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 41.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $323K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.