Nampa Christian Schools
Legal name: Nampa Christian Schools Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 820226154
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Nampa, ID, United States
- Phone
- 208-466-8451
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,397,303
- Expenses
- $9,060,069
- Assets
- $29,755,300
- Liabilities
- $1,504,766
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GREG MATSON (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DR GREG WILES (SUPERINTENDE): $160,364 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Nampa Christian Schools, through a Christ-centered partnership with families and churches, exists to glorify God with our heart, head, and hands. Our Vision. Nampa Christian Schools is affirmatively committed to the recruitment and hiring of men and women who reflect diversity at all levels of the school. In addition to our Mission Statement, we believe that God has redeemed for Himself, through the blood of His Son, people "from every tribe and language and people and nation" _(Revelation 5:9)._ The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news to the poor, the brokenhearted, the captives, the blind, and the oppressed _(Luke 4:18, NKJV)_. Unity in diversity is rooted in the character and nature of God and is a creational norm _(Genesis 10-11)_. Click the images below to meet and contact our incredible staff, faculty, and leadership teams!
What it reported doing in 2024
Nampa christian schools provided early childhood, elementary school, middle school, and high school education programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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
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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.5%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $160K · 10 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.