Sonshine Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 310986899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Columbus, OH, United States
- Phone
- (614) 291-6840
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $675,590
- Expenses
- $650,402
- Assets
- $662,748
- Liabilities
- $590,601
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Davina Hicks (Superintendent): $130,000 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 a Christ-Centered educational opportunity to children, leading to a growing relationship with God through His Son, Jesus Christ. Advertisement Information For Souvenir Booklet Sonshine Christian Academy is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing excellence in education with a Christ-Centered focus for over 40 years in the Central Ohio community. We a... Sonshine Christian Academy is a 501c3 non-profit organization providing excellence in education with a Christ-Centered focus for over 40 years in the Central Ohio community. Sonshine Christian Academy to Honor Veteran Educator Ronald E. Hairston on June 13 Retirement Banquet Columbus, OH — Sonshine Christian Academy, the oldest African‑American private Christian school in the State of Ohio, will host a Retirement Banquet on June 13, 2026, from 5–7 P...
What it reported doing in 2024
Salaries, other compensation, employee benefits
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.02; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $572K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.