Dbsc INC FY2020 filing

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A private school that integrates academics and city engagement, mentoring students to become whole person, in relationships, in christ. We have seven core values that animate our mission and ground our school and relationships with one another.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$120K 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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $163K a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$120K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $35K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$404K
55% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 55% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
4
of 4 voting members
Looks good: 4 of 4 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
Spent
$933K
To programs
67%
Net assets
$336K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$878K
FY2022$1.0M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.9M
Expenses
$933K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$933K
FY2021$920K
FY2022$982K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.7M
Net assets
$336K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$336K
FY2021$294K
FY2022$343K
FY2023$452K
FY2024$799K
FY2025$987K

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Jul 2019.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $629K Management & general 27% · $250K Fundraising 6% · $54K

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

4 people listed on the 990; $120K 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
Headmaster
$120,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Craig Doerksen’s $139K as Director is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Craig Doerksen$139,308$137,280$124,800$124,800$120,000$120,000

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

Programs and updates

Educates students academically and spiritually, fostering whole-person development through city engagement and relationships.

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1 program · $629K · in their own filed words · FY2019
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A private school that integrates academics and city engagement, mentoring students to become whole person, in relationships, in christ. We have seven core values that animate our mission and ground our school and relationships with one another.

$629Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$35K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$813K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$488K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$933K
Ln 25
Programscol B$629K
Managementcol C$250K
Fundraisingcol D$54K
Owns and owesPt X
$336K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$496K
Total assetsLn 16$740K
LiabilitiesLn 26$404K
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a4
IndependentVI 1b4
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$813K
Government grantsLn 1e$104K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$88K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$488K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$196K
SavingsLn 2$300K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$496K
Accounts receivableLn 4$236K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$8K
Total assetsLn 16$740K
LiabilitiesLn 26$404K
Net assetsLn 32$336K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$83K$496K
Total assetsLn 16$130K$740K
LiabilitiesLn 26$119K$404K
Net assetsLn 32$11K$336K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$509K$315K$161K$33K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$52K$35K$13K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$39K$27K$10K$2K
Management feesLn 11a$6K$3K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$140$140
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$14K$14K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$10K$1K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$8K$9K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$6K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$50K$48K$2K
TravelLn 17$5$5
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$44$44
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$199K$171K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$15K$1K$7
Total functional expensesLn 25$933K$629K$250K$54K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 14, 2026 $1.9M$1.7M$187K$987K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 27, 2025 $1.8M$1.4M$347K$799K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 5, 2024 $1.2M$1.1M$109K$452K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Apr 24, 2023 $1.0M$982K$49K$343K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 6, 2022 $878K$920K−$42K$294K 990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 6, 2021 $1.3M$933K$325K$336K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,257,669 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $451,000$813,441
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $600$487,906
I-10 Investment income$1,044
I-11 Other revenue−$44,722
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $451,600$1,257,669
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $380,594$599,964
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$14,400
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $59,630$318,581
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $440,224$932,945
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $11,376$324,724
Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4
VI-1b Independent voting members4
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,257,669 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$87,900
VIII-1e Government grants$104,200
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$621,341
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$813,441
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $487,906$487,906
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,044$1,044
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$44,722−$44,722
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $487,906 · Excluded from tax −$43,678$1,257,669
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $932,945 across 16 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $315,469 · Management $160,966 · Fundraising $32,817$509,252
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $35,467 · Management $13,018 · Fundraising $3,315$51,800
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $26,824 · Management $9,597 · Fundraising $2,491$38,912
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,800 · Management $3,467$6,267
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $140$140
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,889$3,889
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $14,400$14,400
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,079 · Management $9,382$10,461
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,597 · Management $9,150 · Fundraising $1,020$17,767
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $6,357 · Management $2,382$8,739
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $48,227 · Management $2,009$50,236
IX-17 TravelManagement $5$5
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $44$44
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,264$6,264
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $170,715 · Management $27,944$198,659
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,793 · Management $1,310 · Fundraising $7$16,110
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $629,372 · Management $249,523 · Fundraising $54,050$932,945
Part X · Balance sheet $739,781 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $82,629$195,904
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$299,882
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $39,000$235,684
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,814$8,311
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $130,443$739,781
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,957$10,616
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $99,110$393,065
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $119,067$403,681
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$288,506$36,218
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $299,882$299,882
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,376$336,100
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $130,443$739,781
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $336,100 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,257,669
XI-2 Total expenses$932,945
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$324,724
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,376
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$336,100

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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