Coastal Christian Ministries Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 821583458
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8585986846
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $859,112
- Expenses
- $890,859
- Assets
- $93,696
- Liabilities
- $1,610
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATT DEVINCENZO (PRESIDENT/CEO/CHAIRMAN)
Highest reported compensation
- KARI JACOBS (PRINCIPAL): $70,075 total reported compensation
- DEANNA BANDA (CFO): $26,810 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Coastal christian ministries exists to help prepare children to be disciples of the lord jesus christ. Coastal christian ministries will honor god by teaching a desire for and love of christ in each student so he/she will want to exemplify him in all areas of life.
What it reported doing in 2024
Coastal christian academy is a member of the acsi and also wasc. Our school year is from september through june for grades k-12th. Our goal is to give children a quality education with an emphasis on instilling spiritual values that are grounded upon biblical teaching. Our christian curriculum includes bible, math, english, history, science, p.e. And other essential classes that will ensure children receive a well-rounded education. Most of our classes use the bob jones curriculum. Our staff is fully qualified according to the educational requirements of the state licensing department. We strive to provide families with a great educational experience. We work as a team to ensure children are spiritually, physically, academically, and socially prepared for a successful future.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 86% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -3.7%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.7% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $710K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $70K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.