John Paul the Great Academy

Analysis

John Paul the Great Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Lafayette, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, John Paul the Great Academy reported income of $3.7m and spending of $3.9m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $2.9m to $3.7m (+27%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, John Paul the Great Academy sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education Inc ($3.7m), Countryside Montessoir Charter School Inc ($3.7m) and Lewis & Clark Montessori Charter School ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.3m. At year end it held assets of $4.4m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $3.3m. It reported 91 employees.