Fort Worth Christain School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751327027
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
North Richland Hills, TX, USA
Phone
8172816504
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,171,197
Expenses
$15,939,915
Assets
$34,197,547
Liabilities
$17,634,707

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR TERRY RODGERS (PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF SCHOOL)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR TERRY RODGERS (PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF SCHOOL): $173,392 total reported compensation
  • KINCH CATO (ASSISTANT HEAD FOR ADVANCEMENT): $165,612 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Fort worth christian school is a christ-centered community where every child is loved, valued, taught excellence in and out of the classroom, and empowered by a biblical worldview for a lifetime of faith and service.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the 2024 - 2025 school year, fort worth christian school continued to advance its mission of providing a christ-centered, college preparatory education. The school welcomed 139 new students and a new head of school, reflecting continued growth and momentum across the school community.students achieved notable academic success, including recognition of a national merit commended student and 25 national spanish and latin award recipients. The school also achieved a 91% overall advanced placement exam pass rate, with several ap courses earning a 100% pass rate. Beyond the classroom, students participated in meaningful service and mission opportunities through cardinal service week, serving communities locally and internationally in Colorado, costa rica, ecuador, france, New Hampshire, Texas, and tanzania.fort worth christian experienced a record-setting year in philanthropy, achieving its strongest fundraising year to date, record parent participation in giving, and significant support for capital improvement projects. The school maintained strong enrollment and re-enrollment rates, reflecting continued confidence in its mission, academic programs, and commitment to developing students for lives of faith, service, and leadership.the year concluded with the school's 64th commencement ceremony, celebrating the class of 2025. Additionally, 16 student-athletes committed to continue their academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level, demonstrating the success of fort worth christian's commitment to excellence in academics, athletics, and christian character development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 51
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.1% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.