George Washington Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204287601
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St George, UT, USA
- Phone
- 4356732232
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,761,848
- Expenses
- $9,995,804
- Assets
- $22,343,650
- Liabilities
- $10,768,690
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANNON GREER (PRESIDENT)
- BLAKE CLARK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- BLAKE CLARK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $136,835 total reported compensation
- STEVE ERICKSON (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR): $127,157 total reported compensation
- CHRISTINE GILES (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR): $107,360 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We are a community of learners. We will do whatever it takes to learn. We are building a strong foundation by believing we can, working our plan, then feeling the power of success.
What it reported doing in 2024
Main program is to educate students. Our achievements have been and are to provide innovative effective learning for students and help prepare them for life after school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.24; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $137K · 10 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $136K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.