North Pole Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920089892
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2019
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- North Pole, Alaska, United States
- Phone
- 907-488-0133
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,099
- Expenses
- $190,718
- Assets
- $670,734
- Liabilities
- $368,526
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DARNELL AUGUSTINE (PRESIDENT)
- ROCHELLE RENNER (OUTGOING PRESIDENT)
- IAN TASSIE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- PATSY FAZIO (OFFICE MANAGER (& TOP FINANCIAL OFFICIAL)): $31,875 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Christian Schools strengthen CHARACTER and build CONFIDENCE.
What it reported doing in 2019
It is the goal of North Pole Christian School (NPCS) to work as a ministry to support families who desire to see that the Christian beliefs, values and world view taught to their children at home and in church are reinforced in the school's academic and extra-curricular activities. The fiscal year ending June 2019 saw that goal realized for 32 students in preschool through 3rd grade. With a staff of 3 full-time teachers, 2 teacher aides, one business office secretary, and Lead Teacher, NPCS is able to offer 1 preschool class, a combined kindergarten and first grade class, and a combined second and third grade class. In addition to the academic program, students participated in several mission projects that allowed them to serve others, to help develop the concept of servant leadership, and to raise local and global mission awareness. Students of all ages collected pantry items and non-perishable food items for the local food bank. North Pole Christian School also supported Love, Inc.'s "Adopt a Family" program. As NPCS continues to support its families and their churches, we are seeing the successful integration of educating mind, body and spirit.As NPCS continues to support its families and their churches, we are seeing the successful integration of educating mind, body, and spirit.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 69% 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: -50.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.55; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $155K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $32K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.