St James Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521787345
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
4104404693
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,394
Expenses
$78,459
Assets
$9,420
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLOTTE BOSTON (PRESIDENT)
  • TOM BRANDT (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAYSON GREEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JANILL BOBITT (DIRECTOR)
  • HELEN ANDERSON (DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLOTTE BOSTON (PRESIDENT)

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

St james provides afterschool and summer enrichment programs free of charge to appox. 40 to 50 inner city school age children. These services include a computer lab and academic tutoring as well as field trips and other recreational activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Summer enrichment activities provided free of charge to participating school age children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 71.4%; rating input score 71

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: -5.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -43.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 71.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.