Ann Arbor Christian School
Legal name: Christian School Association of Ann Arbor
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382741706
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Phone
- 734-741-4948
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,428,051
- Expenses
- $3,048,708
- Assets
- $3,349,532
- Liabilities
- $201,563
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Karen Eekhoff (Vice President)
- John Nadzam (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Wayne Sit (Head of School): $125,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
In partnership with Christian families, Ann Arbor Christian School offers Christ-centered, academically excellent education that challenges students to live and act in society as committed followers of Jesus Christ. Support AACS Over 30 Years of Faith-Based Academic Excellence Celebrating God’s faithfulness for over 30 years, Ann Arbor Christian School is called to provide a vibrant and academically strong PK-Grade 12 school rooted in the Good News of Jesus Christ in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Knowing and loving Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (and the truths that come with that conviction) is the greatest gift we can give children. AACS is a school that draws strength and richness from many church traditions and the core beliefs and values that unite us as the Body of Christ. At the same time, we also hold steadfast to traditional and biblical views on critical social issues in our...
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided Christ-centered PK-10th grade education in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.