Promise Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320188511
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Town & Country, MO, US
- Phone
- 636-449-0647
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,575,606
- Expenses
- $1,555,490
- Assets
- $6,194,603
- Liabilities
- $371,708
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERT JONES (President)
- AMANDA MCDONALD (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- TAYLOR KUIPER (Treasurer)
- BEN STEGMANN (Director)
- MATT WALKER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To help us arrive at the most accurate decisions possible, we have committed to using a fair and mission-appropriate formula. The tuition for 2026 - 2027 is $27,100.00. The student fee, which covers school supplies, is $200. Additionally, we understand the cost of educating students with special needs, so Promise Christian Academy provides need-based, partial tuition aid for qualifying families. Financial Aid grants are made for one year only, and therefore, a family must reapply each year. Financial aid applications can be made online through FACTS, our tuition management partner. Please click on the FACTS link to the right to create an account and get started. (There is an application fee.) The deadline for FACTS grant applications is May 1.
What it reported doing in 2024
We provided education for forty two children who required alternative instructional approaches. Their education is rooted in biblical truth through our therapeutic approach to academic excellence. We foster in each student a higher degree of self-worth, a desire to grow toward higher independence and a recognition of a devine purpose in all life. Our curriculum includes classes in reading, math, writing, physical therapy, art, music, bible lessons and social skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.7%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 1.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.98; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 95.7% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.