Northwest Christian Schools
Legal name: Community Christian Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 471810525
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lacey, WA, United States
- Phone
- 360-493-2223
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,171,602
- Expenses
- $5,124,389
- Assets
- $5,114,507
- Liabilities
- $3,908,563
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENNA KEARNS (BOARD CHAIR)
- SAM CHRISTIENSEN (VICE CHAIR)
- KATHI DUNNING (SECRETARY)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Northwest Christian Schools of Lacey (NCS) provides a Christ-centered education (preschool through grade 12) that promotes academic excellence, Christian character, leadership development, and service to others. NCA** is committed to a program that inspires students to pursue excellence in moral character, academics, and servant leadership to others. We view our school as a quality educational program, as well as a ministry to build strong relationships with Jesus Christ. Prayer is powerful and we ask for your prayers to support our staff throughout the school year as we work faithfully to make a positive impact in each student’s life. Northwest Christian High School “Developing Christian Leaders” is more than a slogan at **NCHS** —it’s what we do. It is our mission to assist the family by providing a Christ-centered, Bible-based education that inspires each student to pursue...
What it reported doing in 2024
Elementary school and secondary school enrolled 230 students. High school enrolled 110 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.1%; rating input score 99
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 99.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.