Rocky Mountain Christian Academy

Analysis

Rocky Mountain Christian Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Niwot, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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, Rocky Mountain Christian Academy reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.6m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.3m (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Rocky Mountain Christian Academy sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 81st percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Santa Ynez Valley Family School ($1.3m), Manchester Youth Development Center Inc ($1.3m) and Desert Montessori School ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 21% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $892k. At year end it held assets of $548k against liabilities of $165k, net assets of $383k. It reported 52 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.