Illinois · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,322 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($216,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $976k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $267k
What Christian Life Academy Inc does
Mission
Christian Life Academy teaches students to walk with Jesus by providing Biblically based education. Our vision is to be a Christ-centered community where faith shapes every aspect of learning and life. We pursue academic excellence that challenges students and remains affordable, while equipping them to face cultural challenges with courage and conviction. In partnership with families and churches, we seek to nurture students into spiritually grounded, socially responsible, and academically strong disciple-makers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The one and only (main) program of Christian Life Academy is PreK through high school Christian Education. All incomes and expenses are tied to this one program goal. There are multiple avenues of service that combine together under the umbrella of Christian education. In 2025, approximately 180 students and countless additional family members were served throughout the calendar year in Christian Life Academy's program, including school year and summer programs. Excluding weekends and holidays, the school was in operation each day of the calendar year. We see through standardized testing and assessments that our students are achieving success, not only academically, but socially and emotionally as well. We have a foundation of Biblical learning through daily and weekly activities, which in turn gives our students a greater sense of purpose and a great advantage.
$817,253 spent$818,414 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $817,253.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $112k to $267k (+139%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 9% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $71k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 61% · 2022 99% · 2023 84% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
82% of CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $49k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC?
- CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,322 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($216,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $266,322 in grants to CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $216,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN LIFE ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing