Mariners Christian School FY2024 filing

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$973K 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$973K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.8 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
$8.7M
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.2M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$12.9M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$19.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.2M
FY2024▼ -2%
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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
$12.9M
FY2024▲ +9%
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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
$19.3M
FY2024▲ +2%
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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 FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

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

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $10.0M Management & general 21% · $2.7M Fundraising 1% · $193K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $973K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Head of School
$245,000Pt VII · Sec A
$113,400Pt VII · Sec A
$110,000Pt VII · Sec A
$105,225Pt VII · Sec A
$104,347Pt VII · Sec A
$104,347Pt VII · Sec A
$104,347Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Finance
$86,350Pt 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

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

Programs and updates

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1 program · $10.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Operation of classrooms and auxiliary activities for the education of students, transitional kindergarten through eighth grade. Enrollment is approximately 732.

$10.0Mprogram expense

Funders

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 FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$415K
Money outPt IX
$12.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.0M
Managementcol C$2.7M
Fundraisingcol D$193K
Owns and owesPt X
$19.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.3M
Total assetsLn 16$28.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.6M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$336K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$415K
Other incomeLn 4–11$127K
Total revenueLn 12$13.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5.0M
SavingsLn 2$1.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.3M
Pledges and grants receivableLn 3$159K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$260K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$19.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Other assetsLn 15$437K
Total assetsLn 16$28.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$8.7M
Net assetsLn 32$19.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5141
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
EndowmentSch D · Pt V
LineFY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
End of yearLn 1g$1.4M$1.3M$1.1M$1.3M$1.0M
Given inLn 1b$29K
SpentLn 1d–1f$5K$11K$12K$68K$89K
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.8M$6.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20.5M$19.5M
Total assetsLn 16$28.2M$28.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$9.2M$8.7M
Net assetsLn 32$19.0M$19.3M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$681K$681K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$7.0M$5.0M$1.9M$147K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$829K$602K$210K$17K
Payroll taxesLn 10$493K$353K$130K$10K
Legal feesLn 11b$101K$101K
InterestLn 20$269K$262K$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.3M$1.3M$34K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.8M$1.5M$347K
All other expensesLn 24e$384K$338K$27K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.9M$10.0M$2.7M$193K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Dec 11, 2025 $13.5M$13.5M−$23K$19.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 13, 2025 $13.2M$12.9M$233K$19.3M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 $13.4M$11.9M$1.5M$19.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 14, 2023 $11.8M$11.2M$564K$17.4M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 11, 2022 $10.5M$10.9M−$413K$17.0M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 18, 2021 $12.1M$10.5M$1.7M$17.1M 990 PDF

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 $13,162,962 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,018,861$1,645,607
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,052,136$10,976,115
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $57,268$414,544
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $265,489$126,696
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,393,754$13,162,962
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $797,570$681,196
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,545,090$8,366,241
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,569,731$3,882,715
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,912,391$12,930,152
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,481,363$232,810
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 $13,162,962 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$335,595
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,310,012
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,645,607
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,976,115$10,976,115
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $414,544$414,544
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$79,459−$79,459
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $206,155$206,155
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,182,270 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $335,085$13,162,962
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,930,152 across 9 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $681,196$681,196
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,039,814 · Management $1,857,935 · Fundraising $146,778$7,044,527
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $601,843 · Management $210,480 · Fundraising $16,628$828,951
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $352,534 · Management $129,962 · Fundraising $10,267$492,763
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $100,633$100,633
IX-20 InterestPrograms $262,297 · Management $7,029$269,326
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,251,715 · Management $33,545$1,285,260
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,496,430 · Management $346,842$1,843,272
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $338,220 · Management $26,506 · Fundraising $19,498$384,224
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,024,049 · Management $2,712,932 · Fundraising $193,171$12,930,152
Part X · Balance sheet $28,034,501 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,820,521$4,972,423
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $984,387$1,286,419
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,246,578$158,670
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $167,833$260,369
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $20,465,293$19,520,211
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,253,025$1,399,121
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $158,503$437,288
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $28,209,670$28,034,501
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,324,952$1,281,428
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $660,428$700,224
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $7,042,740$6,738,159
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $180,928$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $9,209,048$8,719,811
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $17,787,980$17,129,150
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,212,642$2,185,540
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,000,622$19,314,690
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $28,209,670$28,034,501
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $19,314,690 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,162,962
XI-2 Total expenses$12,930,152
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$232,810
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,000,622
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$81,258
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$19,314,690

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