Montgomery Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270467389
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Montgomery, AL, USA
- Phone
- 3343861749
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,838,112
- Expenses
- $1,376,876
- Assets
- $6,557,286
- Liabilities
- $317,285
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF GULLEDGE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PAMELA MCLEMORE (EXECUTIVE DI): $71,491 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To glorify god by providing an academically challenging education in a christian environment to families with limited school choice. We serve children in kindergarten through sixth grade.
What it reported doing in 2024
Montogmery chirstian school employed 8 full-time teachers, 2 part-time enrichments, 1 part-time development director, 1 part-time development assistant, 1 full-time marketing director, 1 full-time admissions director, 2 full-time kindergarten assistants, 1 part-time first grade assistant, 1 full-time receptionist, 1 full-time principal, 1 full-time executive director, 1 it/learning specialist. Montgomery christian school taught approximately 131 students in kindergarten through sixth grade. Students not only receive an excellent academic education, but they are also provided a variety of enrichment activities such as daily pe and recess time, weekly art, music, and library. Accelerated reader, on-site enrichment activities along with academic and enrichment field trips off- site. In addition, montgomery christian school offers neuro net daily in kindergarten through second grade. This unique curriculum is a learning readiness program to develop fluency in reading, math, and handwriting skills by learning through movement that improves a student's coordination of motor and cognitive skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 25.1%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.76; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 32% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 44.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.7% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 22 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.