WayMaker Christian Academy

Legal name: WayMaker Christian Academy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932234152
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Coeur D'Alene, ID, United States
Phone
208-682-5138
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$426,305
Expenses
$396,255
Assets
$67,902
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Joe Scheuermann (Director)
  • Dan Cadar (Director)
  • Jane Overall (Director)

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

At WayMaker, we cultivate relationships with believing families in North Idaho, providing a uniquely comprehensive Christ-centered education. We seek to encourage, strengthen, and prepare our students to share the love of Christ in a broken world. The school mission is supported by all stakeholders through a Christlike culture, intentional connections, and mutual encouragement. Individualized Learning Experience With small class sizes, our students receive personalized attention and support, allowing them to thrive academically and develop their unique talents. The Lord has provided uniquely qualified staff and volunteers to support the WayMaker mission. Dianna Renz. Staff members and volunteers provide expert guidance and genuine connection for our school and our students. All staff members participate in monthly professional development meetings. We aim to function as a team...

What it reported doing in 2024

WayMaker Christian Academy (WMCA) serves pre-K through grade 12, and is fully accredited with the Association of Christian Schools International. The accreditation process provides assurance of a comprehensive and ongoing review from a neutral third party that helps schools to identify their strengths and weaknesses for the purpose of continuous quality improvement. The 24-25 school year began September 2024 and ended June 2025, with classes small enough that students enjoyed the community-building aspect of blended classrooms. Using intentional differentiated instruction that aimed to meet each students' unique needs, classes were comprised of several different grade levels in the same room, receiving instruction from the same teacher. WMCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational admission policies, scholarship programs, athletic, or any other program administered by WMCA. WMCA admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin with all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally available to the students of WMCA.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 7%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 64% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 57.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 56.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $361K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.