Frontier Academy Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721524256
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Greeley, CO, USA
Phone
9703301760
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,590
Expenses
$22,589
Assets
$77,028
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATY NOTESTINE (PRESIDENT)
  • BIANCE FISHER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATY NOTESTINE (PRESIDENT)
  • BIANCE FISHER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA CRAIG (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is established to manage and oversee frontier academy, a public charter school within greeley-evans school district six.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide financial support for core knowledge project inc dba frontier academy that has its exclusive purpose to provide public education to students of weld county Colorado benefitting approximately 930 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.5%; rating input score 46
  • 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: 53.5%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.41; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.