Life Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832826473
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Apollo Beach, FL, USA
Phone
8136411922
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,632,927
Expenses
$1,577,643
Assets
$88,210
Liabilities
$8,081

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tyler Sultenfuss (President)
  • Joseph Sorrells (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Logan Sultenfuss (Manager): $123,427 total reported compensation
  • Tyler Sultenfuss (President): $79,167 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Life Academy is a sports and education based youth development organization dedicated to equipping children with essential life skills and cultivating independence, resilience, confidence, and lifelong growth. Through enriching programs, supportive relationships, and a safe, engaging environment, we empower every child to thrive in school, sports, and life.

What it reported doing in 2025

Life Academy Summer Camp offers a wide range of activities including swimming, tennis, gardening, sewing and more. Campers are encouraged to explore new interests and develop their skills in a safe and nuturing environment. The program is designed to foster independence, teamwork and a love for the outdoors. Each day is filled with exciting adventures that help children grow and learn while making lasting friendships. Each year, Life Academy serves 200 unique students through the Summer Camp program. Life Academy Before and After Care is a one stop shop for busy parents and active kids. Life Academy provides transportation to the 7 acre facility and keeps children active from the time students arrive until pick up (as late as 6:30 pm). Life Academy has extracurricular activities on site to choose from via the add-on programs. Full day services are offered on holidays and days off of school starting at 6:30 am. The program supports the South Hillsborough workforce while providing each student the opportunity to discover and explore their passions. Students are exposed to tennis, swimming, martial arts, social skills, horse riding, gardening, bike riding, canoeing, arts and crafts, basketball, football, wiffleball, rock climbing and more. Each year Life Academy serves 400 unique students through the Before and After Care program. Life Academy Juniors (Ages 3-4) is tailored specifically for 3 & 4 year olds, providing a safe and nuturing environment led by experienced Florida Certified Educators. Our program focuses on developing social skills, literacy, problem-solving, creativity, and motor skills through play and exploration. Juniors learn to respect differences and develop friendships and classroom etiquette. Daily lessons are designed to help children grow into kind humans and strong citizens, emphasizing the importance of life skills learned on the play yard. Our goal is to foster a love for learning and a sense of community in our youngest students. Each year Life Academy serves 75 unique students through the Juniors program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.4%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 66.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.