The King's Academy is a christ-centered school that inspires academic excellence, servant leadership, and enduring relationships.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 551 volunteers and 395 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.2M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $9.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.9 months of spending in cash, plus $9.8M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $558K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$67.0M
81% of total assets
Concern: liabilities are 81% of assets; over 80%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$32.7M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$33.9M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$15.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$32.7M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$23.1M
FY2021$24.5M
FY2022$25.8M
FY2023$26.1M
FY2024$31.6M
FY2025$32.7M
Expenses
$33.9M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$22.5M
FY2021$20.9M
FY2022$23.9M
FY2023$26.0M
FY2024$29.8M
FY2025$33.9M
Net assets
$15.7M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$8.8M
FY2021$13.1M
FY2022$13.3M
FY2023$13.4M
FY2024$16.0M
FY2025$15.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1992.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $31.0M Management & general 8% · $2.6M Fundraising 1% · $246K

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

20 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Director of Advancement
$288,508Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$273,709Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance and HR
$174,477Pt VII · Sec A
Employee
$152,902Pt VII · Sec A
Employee
$147,369Pt VII · Sec A
Employee
$145,564Pt VII · Sec A
Employee
$142,499Pt VII · Sec A
$141,042Pt VII · Sec A

Scott Meadows’s $289K as Director of Advancement is at the 62nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Scott Meadows$288,508$387,026$273,300$254,819$317,367$633,115
Jeffrey Freeman$273,709$246,616————
Kristine Lui$147,369$193,037————
Michelle Larsen$174,477$169,573————
Jack Ferrante—$160,125$129,131$122,994$124,838$110,857
Dennis Bortz$142,499$159,396————
H George Parsons—$156,023————
Magdy Abadir$152,902$146,418————

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Educates students in a Christ-centered college preparatory environment.

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3 programs · $30.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

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.

$25.3Mprogram expense
02

Auxiliary

Everything at tka is designed to bring students closer to god, to create strong relationships between students and staff, and to build christian servant leaders. The entire student body has daily opportunities to mature spiritually through home groups, retreats, chapels, peer groups, mentoring, and service trips abroad as well as to…

$3.3Mprogram expense
03

Athletics

The king's academy athletic program desires to "pursue victory with honor and to train up players committed to living a life of excellence in all areas, working unto the lord always and in every aspect of their lives.

$2.0Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 14 grants · $10.9M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,034,994
Unitemized GrantFY2024$949,566
Unitemized GrantFY2024$356,707
Unitemized GrantFY2024$116,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,250
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,537,260
Unitemized GrantFY2023$760,096
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,261,417
Unitemized GrantFY2021$609,134
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,101,815
Unitemized GrantFY2020$524,408
Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,092,563
Unitemized GrantFY2019$498,917

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$32.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$355K
Money outPt IX
$33.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$31.0M
Managementcol C$2.6M
Fundraisingcol D$246K
Owns and owesPt X
$15.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$82.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$146K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$29.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$355K
Other incomeLn 4–11$218K
Gains on assetsLn 7$6K
Total revenueLn 12$32.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17.6M
Other assetsLn 15$51.5M
Total assetsLn 16$82.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$67.0M
Net assetsLn 32$15.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5395
VolunteersI 6551
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.3M$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$10.5M$9.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11.5M$17.6M
Total assetsLn 16$70.1M$82.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$54.1M$67.0M
Net assetsLn 32$16.0M$15.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.5M$3.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.4M$1.3M$965K$197K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$12.0M$11.7M$223K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$658K$594K$54K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.7M$1.5M$137K$23K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$957K$87K$14K
Legal feesLn 11b$225K$225K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$171K$171K
Office expensesLn 13$440K$161K$279K
Information technologyLn 14$244K$220K$20K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$5.3M$5.1M$211K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$937K$899K$37K
InsuranceLn 23$64K$64K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.0M$4.9M$103K
All other expensesLn 24e$251K$187K$64K
Total functional expensesLn 25$33.9M$31.0M$2.6M$246K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $32.7M$33.9M−$1.2M$15.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $31.6M$29.8M$1.8M$16.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $26.1M$26.0M$162K$13.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $25.8M$23.9M$1.9M$13.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $24.5M$20.9M$3.6M$13.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $23.1M$22.5M$621K$8.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $32,718,582 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,700,983$3,030,047
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $26,140,758$29,115,516
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $538,081$355,472
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $247,156$217,547
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $31,626,978$32,718,582
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,297,356$3,467,517
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $16,505,303$17,798,147
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $11,018,627$12,639,214
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $29,821,286$33,904,878
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,805,692−$1,186,296
Part VI · Governance 12 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $32,718,582 across 10 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $34,588 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$145,703
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,884,344
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,030,047
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $29,115,516$29,115,516
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $349,272$349,272
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $220,796$220,796
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $6,200$6,200
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$40,147−$40,147
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,310$2,310
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $29,373,210 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $315,325$32,718,582
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $33,904,878 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,467,517$3,467,517
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,282,561 · Management $964,768 · Fundraising $196,551$2,443,880
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,749,641 · Management $222,675$11,972,316
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $594,313 · Management $54,227 · Fundraising $8,976$657,516
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,505,662 · Management $137,380 · Fundraising $22,740$1,665,782
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $956,892 · Management $87,310 · Fundraising $14,451$1,058,653
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $225,423$225,423
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $171,188$171,188
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $160,752 · Management $278,914$439,666
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $220,451 · Management $20,115 · Fundraising $3,329$243,895
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,060,010 · Management $210,834$5,270,844
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $899,285 · Management $37,470$936,755
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $64,189$64,189
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,933,264 · Management $102,772$5,036,036
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $187,318 · Management $63,900$251,218
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $31,017,666 · Management $2,641,165 · Fundraising $246,047$33,904,878
Part X · Balance sheet $82,698,641 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,303,499$2,561,081
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $89,785$177,904
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $941,665$1,084,979
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,492,313$17,595,337
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $10,526,770$9,798,539
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $41,727,099$51,480,801
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $70,081,131$82,698,641
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,307,420$2,342,314
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,646,912$1,895,521
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $51,146,558$62,791,902
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $54,100,890$67,029,737
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,858,764$13,906,803
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,121,477$1,762,101
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,980,241$15,668,904
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $70,081,131$82,698,641
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $15,668,904 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$32,718,582
XI-2 Total expenses$33,904,878
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,186,296
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,980,241
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$874,959
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$15,668,904

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