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COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION ($350,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$201k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$350k
Net assets
$-111476
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Covenant Christian Academy does

Mission

Our mission at Covenant Christian Academy is to provide exceptional classical christian education in partnership with parents to build foundations for lifelong learners and devoted followers of jesus.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025, Covenant Christian Academy began construction and work toward setting up a christian school, to be opened in september, 2025.

    $6,071 spent$928 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,071.

02The organization over time

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.

Chief executive

Karly Hall

Executive director

Board chair

Chris Carlson

Chair of the board

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’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.

Where its funders are

100% of COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $350k to it.

Operating margin−47% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

2% of spending goes to programs.

Program 2%Management 98%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY?
COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $350,000 to it, the largest being CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION ($350,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $350,000 in grants to COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY.
Who is the largest funder of COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY?
CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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