Grandville Calvin Christian Schools
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381968313
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Grandville, MI, United States
- Phone
- 616.538.9710
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,982,792
- Expenses
- $9,676,014
- Assets
- $26,797,342
- Liabilities
- $1,382,653
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Steve VanStempvoort (President)
- Luke Scholten (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Eric Burgess (Head of School): $117,875 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to provide a real-world working experience for students to apply what they learn in classes, gain soft skills, and learn what it means to work on a professional team. Accomplishments 2024. Our mission:** Equipping students to serve and glorify God. Tuition:** Make a Lifelong Investment to have Long-Term Success. Affordability:** Striving To Make Christian Education Accessible For All. The Director of Facilities and Maintenance at Grandville Calvin Christian Schools (GCCS) is responsible for ensuring that all buildings and grounds are used to support the mission of GCCS. This role requires broad knowledge of facility operations, strong mechanical and maintenance skills, and a commitment to excellence in appearance, safety, and functionality. The Director provides leadership in maintaining all GCCS properties, oversees staff and contractors, and manages budgets related...
What it reported doing in 2024
Grandville Calvin Christian Schools educated 829 students in preschool through grade 12. In order to develop each individuals God-given gifts, we provide a variety of classes and activities. We offer Spanish immersion, community-based learning, music, visual and dramatic arts, numerous middle school and 11 high school sports for boys and girls, dual-enrollment and AP courses, Ambassador High and educational support services for students in all grades.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 71% 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.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some related-organization disclosures are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Scored; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.77; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 78% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.