Romans Missionary Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843861995
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8086706668
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,469
Expenses
$42,583
Assets
$19,895
Liabilities
$2,026

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Georgette DeMello (President/Director)
  • Alan Leigh (Vice President/Director)

People named in this filing

  • Georgette DeMello (President/Director)
  • Alan Leigh (Vice President/Director)
  • Chari Horton (Secretary/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

To provide an opportunity to children in grades K to 2 to develop their relationship with God and others, to learn about God's heart and character, to be educated in the Bible and its application to their lives. The children are also taught to extend love to others through missional service and outreaches and to develop their giftings and purpose.

What it reported doing in 2024

The curriculum has been developed organically and includes academic instruction along with biblical studies, environmental activities, music education, social and relationship development and character education. Our license was approved by both Hawaii Association of Independent Schools and Hawaii Council of Private Schools. The first school year began in August 2024 with one student successfully completing Grade 1 in May 2025. For our second school year starting in August 2025, we will have 3 students enrolled in Kindergarten and 1 student enrolled in Grade 2. Our micro-school structure lends to a highly personalized program, individualized attention and close inter-personal relationships and interactions between student and student as well as teacher and student.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.