Lumina Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270678662
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Hillsborough, NC, USA
Phone
9105386819
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Expenses
$1,671
Assets
$120,747

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • WILSON KI (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • GARY GRANTHAM ESQ (DIRECTOR)
  • YING WANG PHD (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lumina academy (la)is an online distance learning school designed to be made available to independent learning centers located all over the world. La will provide access to online educational curriculum as well as support and help the centers acquire necessary equipment for their students to use the online curriculum. Access to the online curriculum is exclusively for independent learning centers that have entered into an agreement with la to use the materials for the purposes endorsed by la. La's ultimate mission is to utilize the online educational platform to lower the cost per student and maximize the number of students receiving and exposed to a high quality education. The board envisions an accredited, high-quality, comprehensive education for the maximum number of disenfranchised children worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2024

Funds received were used to build infrastructure of the organization. Pilot testing in now in progress in malaysia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 72.26; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.8% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.