The King's Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770287771
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Phone
4084819900
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,718,582
Expenses
$33,904,878
Assets
$82,698,641
Liabilities
$67,029,737

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT BARTELL (PRESIDENT)
  • JULIA TAYLOR (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOTT MEADOWS (DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT): $324,263 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY FREEMAN (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $302,479 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE LARSEN (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND HR): $190,885 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The King's Academy is a Christ-centered school that partners with parents to provide an excellent academic and co-curricular program, preparing students to impact their world for Jesus Christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Academics - the king's academy is a christ-centered college preparatory school for students in grades 6-12. Tka offers a variety of academic curricula, 20 ap classes, and 9 honors classes with choices tailored to the individual student's talents and aspirations. Students are encouraged to choose the curriculum that best suits them, wheth er it be a challenging all-around course of study or one tailored to a specific auxiliary - everything at tka is designed to bring students closer to interest or goal. This multifaceted curriculum prepares graduates for a college career built on the cornerstones of intellectual curiosity, ingenuity, diligence, and confidence. From the class of 2024, 98% enrolled in a college or university, with 85% in a 4-year college or university 12% in a 2-year college, 1% in the military, and 2% taking a gap year. From the class of 2025, 99% enrolled in a college or university, with 85% in a 4-year college or university 14% in a 2-year college, and 1% other (military or gap year). Planning and related preparatory activities for the elementary school began in the 2024-25 fiscal year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95%; rating input score 95
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 95% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $31M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $324K · 20 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $627K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.