Gloria Deo Academy
Legal name: Gloria Deo Academy Inc Fka Glendale Christian Church Schools In
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262534427
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Springfield, MO, United States
- Phone
- 417-379-5430
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,787,309
- Expenses
- $3,309,080
- Assets
- $4,370,659
- Liabilities
- $2,420,790
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOY DAVIS RESIGNED 724 (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $66,069 total reported compensation
- KEITH CLOUSE (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $65,485 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gloria Deo Academy partners with families to provide a Christ-centered, Classical education that develops wisdom, cultivates virtue, and inspires a lifelong love of learning. Gloria Deo Academy partners with parents to educate students in a historic biblical worldview through a rigorous classical curriculum. The goal of GDA is to develop ethical and wise individuals who will impact their community for the glory of God through service, leadership, and character. Our Vision:. From athletics and fine arts to clubs, service projects, and leadership opportunities, GDA offers a well-rounded student experience. Our programs encourage teamwork, creativity, and personal growth, helping students discover and develop their God-given gifts. What Guides Us Our Mission:.
What it reported doing in 2024
We provide an array of school activities that, when matched with our curriculum, provide for a well rounded education for our students. These activities include music and drama classes, athletic programs, speech and debate, and club activities.we place a strong emphasis on public speaking and communication. Our students engage in public speaking events in lower grades, and in upper grades we require a speech and debate class. Our upper grades students who choose to take our competitive speech and debate course participate in tournaments around the state and nationally. We believe that a critical aspect of education is the ability to articulate their position on a topic, and communicate clearly and confidently. Continued on schedule o.in addition, students have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of extracurricular activities in fine arts and athletics, allowing them to further develop their god-given talents, discipline, teamwork, leadership, and character beyond the classroom. Whatever platform they use to display their god-given talents, we desire to equip them to do it excellently for the glory of god.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.6%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $66K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.