Florida · Nonprofit
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC (Florida) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,884 to it, the largest being MAKE DISCIPLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($101,543). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $880k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $144k
- Net assets
- $291k
What Liberty Christian Academy of Sarasota Inc does
Mission
The principle approach, the mission of liberty christian academy, is to partner with families and churches in equipping students with biblical worldview framework, knowledge of jesus christ as lord in all areas of life, mindset of a servant leader drawing others to christ, mindset that embraces challenges as opportunities from the lord, and christian character necessary for the restoration of the american republic as originally intended.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Liberty christian academy is a christian school that provides christian education to sarasota, fl students starting 2022 with k-3rd grades with plans to grow through 12th grade. The academy's biblical education places the bible at the center of all learning, creating a truly christ-centered education.
$733,924 spent$813,767 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $733,924.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $167k to $709k (+324%).
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.
7% of LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Alicia Bousman
Chair
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA 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
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
29% 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 LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC.
“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
100% of LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k 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
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 625 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC?
- LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC (Florida) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,884 to it, the largest being MAKE DISCIPLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($101,543). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $143,884 in grants to LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC?
- MAKE DISCIPLES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $101,543 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIBERTY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF SARASOTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), and the filings of 3 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