Golden State Association of Christian Schools
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330680899
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Newberry Springs, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7602573503
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,659
- Expenses
- $70,294
- Assets
- $37,132
- Liabilities
- $1,475
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- David Brock (President)
- Joel Mikkelson (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- David Brock (President)
- Joel Mikkelson (Vice President)
- Shannon Steuerwald (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
GSACS exists to serve and aid fundamental local churches and Christian schools in their respective and independent ministries with their children and families through 1) educational services with an emphasis on quality improvements, including spiritual and moral training; 2) political representatives through dissemination and information; 3) administrative and staff-related services and benefits; and 4) working together for service and strength.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Golden State Association of Christian Schools is an association of Christian schools in California that presently has 19 member schools and churches serving 1,791 students and teachers. Our belief is that each individual school can be benefited by a group of schools of like faith and practice sharing their ideas, pooling resources to provide services each can use as they see fit, and being a mutual encouragement and help to one another through various meetings and communications. Members of our association benefit from 1) state-wide teachers' conventions for furthering education and encouragement of faculty; 2) Pastor/administrative/faculty professional improvement programs; 3)academic and fine arts competition meets throughout the state; 4) state of California conduit for all services and benefits of the American Association of Christian Schools (AACS is a 501(c)(3) corporation) to all member schools that includes school accreditation, teacher certification, legislative representation in D.C., professional & personal news and helps, national achievement testing, and professional educational publications (Christian Educators Journal, Parent Updates, etc.); and 5) network of information and encouragement helps; and 6) e-newsletters and e-publications for teachers and administrators.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, 5% for grants, and 16% for member benefits.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.9%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 47
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.9% of revenue deployed · 47.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $33K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.