Cornerstone Crossroads Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113761734
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
2144263282
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,283,454
Expenses
$915,764
Assets
$3,917,305
Liabilities
$66,560

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTI LICHTENBERG (EXEC DIR/DIR): $93,584 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cornerstone crossroads academy (cca) was incorporated in 2006 and operates in south dallas. Cca exists to expose at-risk high school students to the hope and abundant life found in christ and to equip students to know god and serve him forever. The mission of cca is to develop urban youth through transformative education and equip future leaders to impact their communities for christ. Cca accomplishes this through academics, life coaching, community service and special programs. Cca is an accredited, faith-based private high school for young people who are overcoming major barriers to earn an accredited high school diploma.

What it reported doing in 2024

High school diploma program - the academy is an accredited, faith-based private high school for young people who are overcoming major barriers to earn an accredited high school diploma. In addition to high school education services, we offer life skills and leadership training, workforce education and mentoring programs for the academy's students. For over 17 years, the academy's goal has been to help students who have given up hope, dropped out of school, and live on the verge of homelessness develop academically, socially, physically, and spiritually so that they are prepared to begin their postsecondary education and/or enter the workforce. Each student who attends the academy is low-income or extremely low-income, as defined by hud. Therefore, while the academy is a private school, the academy does not charge program fees or tuition. Instead, each student must complete community service hours in exchange for tuition. This requirement allows the academy's students to have ownership in their education, provides services to our community, and gives students opportunities to build job-related skills for their resumes. The educational model is a blended learning approach of one-on-one tutoring, small group instruction, whole group instruction and an individualized online program that allows students to complete the specific courses they need in order to meet the state of Texas requirements for a high school diploma or complete the ged.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.05 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $728K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $94K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $146K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.