King's Academy Christian School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010818635
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Tyler, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9035349992
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,462,953
- Expenses
- $2,451,418
- Assets
- $410,499
- Liabilities
- $201,804
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSH GENTRY (PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN JOHNSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- AARON GLOVER (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $82,039 total reported compensation
- BECCA SPRAY (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $34,445 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide students with a comprehensive, college preparatory education that prepares each student for life, and to develop the whole child - academically, spritually, and physically - through an educational format utilizing both trained classroom instruction and individualized parent involvement.
What it reported doing in 2025
Student university-model education, discipleship, athletics, and community service: the organization promotes student character, discipleship, leadership, and service through athletics and community involvement.junior high and high school students participate in mission service days twice each academic year, volunteering at local missions, churches, and nonprofit organizations, including hangars of hope and the bridges event center.each athletic team also completes at least one annual service project, such as assisting with school events, athletic games, concessions, event setup and cleanup, and other community activities. These projects benefited approximately 1,000 students, families, and community members throughout the year.the organization also hosted an annual sports banquet attended by approximately 180 people, recognizing up to 250 athletes and coaches for character, service, leadership, and discipleship accomplishments. Approximately 15 community sponsors were also recognized for their support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% 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.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 87.7%; rating input score 88
- 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: 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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 87.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $82K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.