Reid Temple Christian Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912198211
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Glenn Dale, MD, USA
Phone
3018606570
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,170,623
Expenses
$4,043,387
Assets
$1,020,763
Liabilities
$755,587

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK WHITLOCK JR (CHAIR): $398,977 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE TAYLOR (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $138,279 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 provide a holistic christian education to grades pk2 - 8, equipping students to positively impact the world through excellence in communication, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rtca provides a holistic christian educational program for students in pk2 through grade 8, including bethlehem preschool, lower school, and middle school. Bethlehem preschool serves pre-k2 through pre-k4 in a nurturing, christ-centered learning environment that allows children to learn, play, and interact with others. The preschool affords students an opportunity to become familiar with and immersed in our "community of learners" by offering more than "learning through play" in their formative years, thus opening the doors to a lifelong passion forlearning.the lower school serves kindergarten through fifth grade. The school provides each student an opportunity to experience an awesome journey of learning in a challenging, fun, loving and nurturing atmosphere. The school provides a rigorous curriculum to build a firm learning foundation to open all future educational doors our students may desire to walk through. We seek to enhance the academic and artistic interests of all our students and build upon their natural abilities and talents. The academy aims to create well-rounded students who will not only make a difference in the world tomorrow but who will effect change today. Our students enjoy challenging academic courses as well as courses in mandarin, spanish, music, art, physical education and technology. The middle school serves sixth through eighth grade. Our middle school environment encourages both academic and social learning to prepare students for higher education and responsible citizenship. The academy is committed to the highest standards of education, using the most advanced tools of our day. The academic program helps students develop into problem solvers, decision makers and effective communicators. The academy prepares students for the world by requiring them to take a greater role in their education to help them become responsible, cooperative, and disciplined individuals. The academy encourages students to engage in continual self-evaluation and reflection to equip them for life, service to god and commitment to their fellow man.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15,664.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $399K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $321K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.