Milpitas Christian School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770058224
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2019
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4089459722
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,100,327
Expenses
$6,452,568
Assets
$1,880,622
Liabilities
$1,633,286

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CONNIE SEGRETO (BD PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LUANN GILBERT (CFO/COO): $105,812 total reported compensation
  • CLARK GILBERT (SUPERINTENDENT): $79,936 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Milpitas christian school is an independent, non-denominational christ-centered school that exists to honor god. We collaborate with parents and churches to provide a well-rounded education with a biblical worldview. We prepare students for a lifetime of learning, service to their communities, and future success. Since 1995, mcs has been accredited by the association of christian schools international (acsi) and/or western association of schools and colleges (wasc).

What it reported doing in 2019

Consistently voted the "best preschool," milpitas christian preschool offers a safe and nurturing christian environment for 2- to 4-year olds. Conveniently located in central milpitas, our preschool campus is easily accessible from major roads (montague/landess) and freeways (interstates 680 and 880). The half-day/full-day programs plus choice of partial/full-week schedules offers maximum flexibility for busy parents. Full time students also enjoy a healthy lunch each day.our preschool campus features expansive outdoor play areas beneath soaring redwood trees. The well-equipped classrooms include convenient bathrooms facilities. Each developmentally age-appropriate program is comprehensive. Teachers and staff are committed to providing a loving, christian environment for each child to grow spiritually, socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually. As a licensed child care center provider (facility #xxx-xx-xxxx), our preschool meets the strictest staffing, facility, and safety regulations by the California department of social services. We believe that each child is a unique creation of god and we are glad to support you in god's command to "train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." - proverbs 22:6

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 69
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -5.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 93% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2019
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.