Axiom Christian Classical School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 863383247
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM, United States
- Phone
- 505-347-9068
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $864,577
- Expenses
- $825,248
- Assets
- $109,000
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Vince Zunic (President, Dean of Athletics & Activities)
Highest reported compensation
- Vince Zunic (President, Dean of Athletics & Activities): $68,340 total reported compensation
- Celeste Green (Board Member, Dean of Academics): $66,848 total reported compensation
- Stacy Irvine (Board Member, Dean of Students): $66,200 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide a comprehensive Christian Classical education for grades 1-12. Private education is a freedom that is only maintained by the essential financial support of parents and families who deeply value it for their children and communities. Financial support required for the advancement of private, Christian education, however, depends on the added support of generously minded individuals outside of immediate student families. We hold our private status firm by operating without tax or public assistance. Join us in making Axiom a permanent institution in the Albuquerque area. We are a 501-c3 non-profit with all donations being tax deductible. Donate Today.
What it reported doing in 2024
Completed full year of instruction for 110 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 57
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.3%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.3% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $815K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.