Unity Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 352550121
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- South Holland, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7089801040
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Secondary, High School
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,622,707
- Expenses
- $1,614,502
- Assets
- $5,047,108
- Liabilities
- $3,208,286
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- PHIL LEO (CHAIR)
- Andrew Johnson Jr (VICE CHAIR)
- Meika Slotsema (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Empowering a diverse community, united by Christ, to achieve excellence in education for the flourishing of all creation. our values. UCA started with a commitment that a quality Christian education should be available for everyone who desires it. That's why we've always adhered to a means-based tuition system. This means families pay differing amounts depending on their household income and size. You can see our 2025-2026 Tuition Sheet **_here_**. Please contact Head of School Neil Okuley ([email protected]) for more information. What are UCA's Core Values? Put simply, our values are Empowerment, Diversity, Unity, Excellent, and Flourishing. Read our definitions of each on our **About page**.
What it reported doing in 2024
Empowering a diverse community, united by christ, to achieve excellence in education for the flourishing of all creation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75
- 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: 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.13; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 42% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.