Unity Christian School FY2021 filing

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Energy, IL501(c)(3)EducationEIN 37-1219226Revenue $1.2M in FY2021

On file with the IRSunitychristianschool.org100 E College St, 62933-3569 · Energy, ILTax-exempt since May 1991School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Education of children for k thru 8

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$35K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $58K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$35K
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.9 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $6K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$486K
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.2M
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$788K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.2M
FY2021
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2021
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.3M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$788K
FY2021
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$788K
FY2022$849K
FY2023$859K
FY2024$949K
FY2025$939K

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1991.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $971K Management & general 11% · $115K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $35K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
$35,101Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joyce Williams’s $56K as Principal is at the 9th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Joyce Williams$55,952$62,608$54,997——
William McSparin———$36,776$35,101

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Educates children from kindergarten through eighth grade.

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1 program · $971K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

All funds and expenses were used for the education of students

$971Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$6K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$139K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$70K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$971K
Managementcol C$115K
Owns and owesPt X
$788K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$260K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$486K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$70K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$624
Other incomeLn 4–11$139K
Total revenueLn 12$1.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$260K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$260K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$961K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$486K
Net assetsLn 32$788K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$299K$260K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$935K$961K
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$630K$486K
Net assetsLn 32$649K$788K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$35K$35K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$669K$644K$25K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$16K$16K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$12K$11K$955
Payroll taxesLn 10$46K$42K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$66K$63K$3K
InterestLn 20$20K$19K$987
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$36K$34K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$20K$18K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$84K$84K
All other expensesLn 24e$63K$48K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$971K$115K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.3M$1.3M−$10K$939K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.3M$1.3M$91K$949K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.4M$9K$859K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.4M$1.3M$61K$849K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $1.2M$1.1M$139K$788K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,225,449 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $50,614$70,472
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,012,148$1,015,633
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $530$624
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $13,837$138,720
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,077,129$1,225,449
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $720,528$777,628
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $322,145$308,587
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,042,673$1,086,215
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $34,456$139,234
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,225,449 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$70,472
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$70,472
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,015,633$1,015,633
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $624$624
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $453$453
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $138,267$138,267
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,154,524 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $453$1,225,449
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,086,215 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $35,101$35,101
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $643,515 · Management $25,000$668,515
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $15,900$15,900
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $10,979 · Management $955$11,934
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $42,484 · Management $3,694$46,178
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $5,475$5,475
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,771$1,771
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,376 · Management $6,376$12,752
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $63,133 · Management $3,323$66,456
IX-20 InterestPrograms $18,752 · Management $987$19,739
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,114 · Management $1,796$35,910
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $18,195 · Management $2,022$20,217
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $83,660$83,660
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $48,267 · Management $14,340$62,607
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $971,246 · Management $114,969 · Fundraising $0$1,086,215
Part X · Balance sheet $1,274,331 assets, 10 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $298,973$259,928
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $44,973$52,959
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $934,894$961,444
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,278,840$1,274,331
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $196$330
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $42,162$61,535
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $629,898$486,155
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $648,942$788,176
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $648,942$788,176
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,278,840$1,274,331
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $788,176 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,225,449
XI-2 Total expenses$1,086,215
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$139,234
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$648,942
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$788,176

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