International Alert Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300085343
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Big Sandy, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9036362000
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Higher Education Institutions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,648,616
- Expenses
- $1,737,023
- Assets
- $772,077
- Liabilities
- $363,161
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TIM LEVENDUSKY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT BARTH (SECRETARY): $113,253 total reported compensation
- BEN ZIESEMER (TREASURER): $78,980 total reported compensation
- TIM LEVENDUSKY (PRESIDENT): $53,627 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The international a.l.e.r.t academy's mission is to use a military-style structure, intentional discipleship, unique experiences, and professional training to forge extraordinary men who can influence their world for christ.
What it reported doing in 2024
Quest-- is a 3 week summer program designed to inspire young men to choose christ-like manhood. Quest staff strives to teach students the various aspects of christ-like manhood through biblical preaching, useful life skills, sports and recreation, and shared hardships that will equip and encourage them to embrace biblical manhood in a culture that rejects it. Men who complete quest may come back for additional training in quest x which seeks to help young men build christ-like maturity through exciting courses and activities that have been designed to help them continue to grow as young men. 52 individuals trained at 1 event
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 70% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 84% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 37
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.8%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 86.9%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 40%; rating input score 40; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -5.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.8% of revenue deployed · 86.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.