Big Tent Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934228025
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mokena, IL, USA
Phone
8478123529
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,100
Expenses
$146,050
Assets
$739
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS R MORRISON (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC HOLTROP (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS R MORRISON (PRESIDENT)
  • ERIC HOLTROP (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARRY VOORN (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The big tent academy, inc. (bta) is organized to empower individuals with the knowledge and skills to successfully participate in government and media. The bta equips citizens to be civically engaged so they can have a positive impact on their local communities by promoting traditional american values including fiscal responsibility, free markets, limited government, individual freedom, and human dignity.

What it reported doing in 2025

Development of education programs for members of the public involving voter registration and ballot access. The programs will equip citizens to be civically engaged so they can have a positive impact on their local communities by promoting traditional american values including fiscal responsibility, free markets, limited government, individual freedom and human dignity. The programs will be nonpartisan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -45.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -66.6% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -193.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.