Modesto Christian School
Legal name: Modesto Christian School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810801701
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Modesto, CA, United States
- Phone
- (209) 529-5510
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,687,133
- Expenses
- $2,966,733
- Assets
- $2,062,565
- Liabilities
- $1,754,033
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAUL ZEEK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- TERRIANN ZEEK (IMM. PAST PR)
- GREGORY CHRISTIE (VICE PRESIDE)
- CHERYL LAYMAN (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
To develop Christ-centered leaders through excellence in academics, athletics, and the arts. The EDC Aide provides care and supervision for students during after-school hours (K-8th) and school lunch hours (K-6th). In addition, all EDC Aides need to comply with school policies, procedures, and programs. The ideal candidate will embrace the mission and values of Modesto Christian School. EDC Aides typically work shifts ranging between 7:00am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday. Required to apply: Must be at least 18 years old. Founded in 1962 by Pastor Roy Blakeley of Neighborhood Church, Modesto Christian School is one of thirty charter members of the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). Pastor Blakeley's vision was to have a school that assists and supports parents in their responsibility to teach, train and prepare their children for life. He believed this is accomplished...
What it reported doing in 2024
Providing an exceptional learning environment for grades pre- kindergarten-12. The organization is committed to the educational development of each student and provides a spiritual foundation through biblical teaching and personal relationship with jesus christ.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 74% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 68
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th 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: Limited
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: -10.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -18.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 67.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.