Trinity Academy of Portland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850767110
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5035679559
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Secondary, High School
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,163,603
- Expenses
- $2,254,890
- Assets
- $13,963,446
- Liabilities
- $456,845
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE HANSEN (PRESIDENT)
- HILARY SHREVES (VICE PRESIDENT/ SECRETARY)
- JOHN KURDELAK EX OFFICIO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN KURDELAK EX OFFICIO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $140,216 total reported compensation
- JOANNAH CLARK EX OFFICIO (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $140,216 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 mission of trinity academy of portland is to educate middle and high school students within a joyful christian school culture marked by the discovery of truth, the practice of goodness, the creation of beauty, and the development of intellectual and aesthetic habits of
What it reported doing in 2024
Trinity academy of portland educates students in grades 6-12, using a proven and rigorous curriculum that combines: a seminar-based classical humanities program that includes substantial discussion and analytical writing about original texts; a rigorous and advanced math and science program that integrates upper-level calculus and physics with computer programming; and a participation-based arts program, including studio art, art history, music performance, music theory, and music composition. All students complete the same rigorous academic program. Special emphasis is placed on building and maintaining a rich and supportive culture of learning, based on the school's ecumenical christian identity. During the 2024-25 academic year, trinity academy of portland enrolled 118 students, about half who received need based scholarship aid.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 73% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.7%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
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: 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.8%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.19; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -16.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34.7% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 11 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $458K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.