Build a firm foundation through christ-centered education in the heart & mind of each child.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$482K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $587K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$482K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
13
named funders · $378K
Looks good: 13 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$8.0M
32% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 32% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$12.1M
Spent
$10.5M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$17.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$12.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.1M
FY2021$10.5M
FY2022$11.8M
FY2023$13.4M
FY2024$13.2M
FY2025$13.5M
Expenses
$10.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.5M
FY2021$10.9M
FY2022$11.2M
FY2023$11.9M
FY2024$12.9M
FY2025$13.5M
Net assets
$17.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$17.1M
FY2021$17.0M
FY2022$17.4M
FY2023$19.0M
FY2024$19.3M
FY2025$19.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1987.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $8.7M Management & general 13% · $1.4M Fundraising 4% · $409K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $482K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Former Head of School
$246,935Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$129,958Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Business Operations
$105,513Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Heather Harrison$307,652$245,000$240,910$194,726$168,377$129,958
Troy Moore————$248,020$246,935
Sam Joo———$126,090——
Keven Kroehler————$122,651$105,513
Angela Drevlow$114,150$113,400————
John Hellriegel$113,500$104,347$100,627———
Jennifer Herrera$110,750$110,000————
Kimberly De Allen$107,598$105,225————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Provides Christ-centered education to build a strong foundation in children's hearts and minds.

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1 program · $8.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Operation of classrooms and auxiliary activities for the education of students, transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Enrollment is approximately 740.

$8.7Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 18 grants · $4.5M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$788,524
Unitemized GrantFY2023$681,196
Unitemized GrantFY2022$506,664
Unitemized GrantFY2022$143,158
Unitemized GrantFY2022$87,747
Unitemized GrantFY2022$57,680
Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,321
Unitemized GrantFY2021$487,792
Unitemized GrantFY2021$152,854
Unitemized GrantFY2021$54,602
Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,291
Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,885
Unitemized GrantFY2020$599,798
Unitemized GrantFY2020$86,371
Unitemized GrantFY2020$56,122
Unitemized GrantFY2019$536,294
Unitemized GrantFY2019$178,647
Unitemized GrantFY2019$42,995

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Money outPt IX
$10.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.7M
Managementcol C$1.4M
Fundraisingcol D$409K
Owns and owesPt X
$17.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16$25.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.2M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$203K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$8.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$34K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$733
Total revenueLn 12$12.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.8M
SavingsLn 2$274K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17.8M
Total assetsLn 16$25.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.0M
Net assetsLn 32$17.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5141
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.0M$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.1M$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.4M$17.8M
Total assetsLn 16$21.4M$25.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.9M$8.0M
Net assetsLn 32$15.5M$17.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$758K$758K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$510K$510K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.2M$4.6M$481K$182K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$136K$108K$23K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$539K$467K$54K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$444K$364K$65K$15K
Legal feesLn 11b$83K$83K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Investment management feesLn 11f$11K$11K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$33K$33K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$133K$85K$49K
Information technologyLn 14$270K$264K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$415K$406K$9K
InterestLn 20$139K$136K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$769K$744K$25K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$889K$771K$119K
All other expensesLn 24e$82K$11K$70K
Total functional expensesLn 25$10.5M$8.7M$1.4M$409K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $13.5M$13.5M−$23K$19.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $13.2M$12.9M$233K$19.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $13.4M$11.9M$1.5M$19.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $11.8M$11.2M$564K$17.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $10.5M$10.9M−$413K$17.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $12.1M$10.5M$1.7M$17.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $12,136,970 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $11,810,320$3,244,565
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $7,791,302$8,880,904
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$772,468$34,088
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $59,332−$22,587
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $18,888,486$12,136,970
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $511,407$757,937
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,239,930$6,845,643
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,934,649$2,856,428
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,685,986$10,460,008
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $9,202,500$1,676,962
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $12,136,970 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$202,733
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,041,832
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,244,565
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,880,904$8,880,904
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $34,821$34,821
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$733−$733
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$33,332−$33,332
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $10,745$10,745
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,880,904 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $11,501$12,136,970
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $10,460,008 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $757,937$757,937
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $509,881$509,881
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,553,296 · Management $481,143 · Fundraising $182,354$5,216,793
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $108,459 · Management $22,981 · Fundraising $4,344$135,784
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $466,941 · Management $53,693 · Fundraising $18,700$539,334
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $364,134 · Management $65,134 · Fundraising $14,583$443,851
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $82,659$82,659
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $25,038$25,038
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $10,907$10,907
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $32,670$32,670
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $8,896$8,896
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $84,517 · Management $48,563$133,080
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $263,774 · Management $5,869$269,643
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $405,940 · Management $9,032$414,972
IX-20 InterestPrograms $135,649 · Management $3,018$138,667
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $744,493 · Management $24,703$769,196
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $770,621 · Fundraising $118,517$889,138
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $11,346 · Fundraising $70,216$81,562
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,655,761 · Management $1,395,533 · Fundraising $408,714$10,460,008
Part X · Balance sheet $25,170,331 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,689,123$3,848,980
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $272,749$274,038
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,534,227$1,876,051
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $152,397$187,223
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $85,523$112,926
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,401,638$17,813,827
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,083,948$1,048,840
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $8,137$8,446
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $21,373,854$25,170,331
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,650,746$2,765,095
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $549,183$387,910
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$1,156,456
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,883,268$8,031,707
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,200,474$9,478,790
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $6,290,112$7,659,834
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,490,586$17,138,624
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $21,373,854$25,170,331
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $17,138,624 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,136,970
XI-2 Total expenses$10,460,008
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,676,962
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,490,586
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$28,924
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$17,138,624

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