Intown Community School (ICS) Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Intown Community School 2024-2025Program service activities: Intown Community School has approximately 215 students in grades Kindergarten through 8th Grade and serves Christian families with a desire to educate their children in a covenant school following the educational principles of British educator Charlotte Mason. The school endeavors to assist parents in cultivating a Christ-centered life of learning for young people. The school aims for a Christ-centered education by nurturing a collaborative community, by engaging students in an authentically Biblical relationship with the world, and by integrating inspiration and discipline in a quest for Godly wisdom. Monthly chapels and morning devotions are observed by all students and monthly parent meetings are held to pray together and foster the partnership between parent and teacher in training children. Parents with students in grades K, 1, and 2 help teach on Fridays to support the principles of Charlotte Mason. In the other grades, parents are encouraged to assist the teachers and their children in the classroom and outside activities. The small class sizes allow for authentic relationships, hands-on learning, and discussion by all students. Group projects are completed quarterly with various culminating events. Curriculum in Grades K-3 is organized around themes related to history, science, geography, and literature. Students in these grades participate in field trips that support the classroom themes. Curriculum in Grades 4-8 is organized around historical time periods. Whenever possible, all the content is linked to the period of history being studied. In all grades, teachers gifted in specialized areas (music, art, drama, foreign language, and physical education) lead children in classes with concentrated exploration that increases as the student advances. Students in grade 6-8 have the option to participate in an athletic program with varied sports and after school student activities such as student council and chapel band. Also in the middle school grades, students travel overnight on extended field trips to Camp Highland, Fortson 4H Camp (6th), Charleston, SC (7th) and Savannah, GA (8th) to enrich their classroom learning. Intown Community School is accredited in Kindergarten through 8th grade by the Georgia Accrediting Commission and is federally recognized as an organization with 501(c)(3) status. Another Accreditation in all grades with SAIS was added in March of 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
• Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 10.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.76; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings