Grace Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391793083
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- West Allis, WI, USA
- Phone
- (414) 327-4200
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,397,769
- Expenses
- $2,184,304
- Assets
- $802,139
- Liabilities
- $338,178
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KYLE CRAMER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- GAYLE RICHARDSON (DIRECTOR OF): $43,602 total reported compensation
- JOSHUA MCINTRYE (PRINCIPAL): $30,770 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In partnership with parents, Grace Christian Academy (GCA) provides a quality education for K4-12th grade students, accomplished from a Christian worldview with a spirit of excellence and a solid commitment to Biblical standards of behavior. | **MISSION STATEMENT** At GCA, we offer Christ-centered academic excellence through the fostering of meaningful relationships within a vibrant Christian community of service for students and their families. **VISION** To empower students in their pursuit of the Lord, through excellent academics and a commitment to service, helping them realize their God-given potential. We aspire for them to make positive impacts in their families and communities as they pursue their unique paths in college and careers. **CORE VALUES** _**Relationship**_ Our greatest desire is to encourage and support each student in the development of a strong personal...
What it reported doing in 2024
Christian school grades k4 through 12th grade
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 84% 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 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: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $28.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- 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: Pass
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.