First Christian Academy
Legal name: First Christian Academy & Learningcenter Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 203924491
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New Port Richey, FL, United States
- Phone
- 727.777.4000
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,601,799
- Expenses
- $3,237,584
- Assets
- $2,152,701
- Liabilities
- $247,116
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DALE PETERSEN (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)
Highest reported compensation
- SUSAN KUNSMAN (ADMINISTRATOR/DVC): $73,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
[]( Our Mission It is the mission of First Christian Academy and Learning Center to connect children and families to Christ through Christian education. It is the mission of First Christian Academy and Learning Center to connect children and families to Christ through Christian education. Vision. You are here: Home / About First Christian Academy / Mission Vision and Philosophy []( Our Mission. First Christian Academy and Learning Center exists in response to our community’s need for a quality Christian school in the North Pinellas/Southern Pasco county area. FCALC will strive to connect students and their families to Christ through a warm and caring environment. On our cozy, wooded campus children will experience the care of our dedicated staff while building Christ- centered friendships and learning. We recognize that each child is unique. Therefore it is our goal to help each...
What it reported doing in 2024
First christian academy & learning center, inc. Is a christian pre-k/elementary/middle school whose purpose is to connect children and families to christ through christian education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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
STRONG - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90.1%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.1%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 44 of 44 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.