Covenant Christian Academy

Overview

Mission

At CCA, we equip young men and women to serve the Lord and glorify Him with their lives. Wherever they serve—in the world, in the church, or in the home—we strive to prepare our students academically, spiritually, and socially. In courses involving this role, parents have a primary role as a supervisor. Since, at this level, more responsibility is placed on the student, parents have limited and fewer academic tasks assigned to them. Sometimes the parent will function more as a Course Monitor whose main task is to track the progress of the student and to be alert to any problems. At other times, the parent may function as a Project Assistant where more hands-on help is required in support of a particular project. In whatever role, however, the parents’ supervisory presence and watchful eyes are integral to the student’s success. Parents will also need to provide support for...

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 79
• Transparency & Controls: 90
• Accountability: 46
• Sustainability: 55
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 10 of 14 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.8M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 15 people listed
• Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
• Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
• 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

• High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.