Arise Christian Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871124390
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5099952094
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,191
Expenses
$168,907
Assets
$41,726
Liabilities
$3,257

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Robyn McClain (Chairman)
  • Tana Jenecke (Secretary)
  • Krista Bandel (Trustee)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To glorify God by providing quality, Christ-centered educationdedicated to developing discerning leaders who are spiritually, personally, and academically prepared to impact their world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Arise Christian Academy will provide a K through 8 School, with an intial program providing K through 5th grade.Arise will: Educate all children in a private school environment.Create an environment where academic excellence thrives and becomes the norm.Students will be immersed in service-learning projects designed to increase community empathy, awareness, and eventually transitioning to student led leadership opportunities.Support families in our community by helping their children. We will be committed to empowering familites to be their best.Teamwork and athletics will be encouraged through participation in local sports opportunities.We are also going to be S.T.E.A.M. focused(Science, technology, engineering, arts, and math)Veteran outreach on Veteran's Day.The vision for Arise Christian Academy is to become privately funded through community donations. Students from all socioeconomic backgrounds will be able to attend regardless of their ability to pay.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.