Racine Christian School
Legal name: Racine Society for Christian Instruction
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390932603
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Racine, WI, USA
- Phone
- 262.634.0961
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,139,868
- Expenses
- $1,909,321
- Assets
- $2,726,586
- Liabilities
- $172,448
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVE VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
- PAUL CONLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVE VAN BUREN (PRESIDENT)
- PAUL CONLEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RANDY FRIESEMA (TREASURER)
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
"Racine Christian School provides children with a Christ-centered education that encourages Biblical learning, growth and service." Rooted in our Reformed heritage, our mission is to nurture students in Biblical truth, inspiring them to grow in wisdom, live with integrity, and joyfully serve others in Christ’s name. Racine Christian School Statement of Faith and PhilosophyStatement and PhilosophyStatement and Philosophy. Rooted in our Reformed heritage, our mission is to nurture students in Biblical truth, inspiring them to grow in wisdom, live with integrity, and joyfully serve others in Christ’s name. Racine Christian School Statement of Faith and PhilosophyStatement and PhilosophyStatement and Philosophy Copyright © 2026 Racine Christian School.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operation of a private school offering programs to k5 through 12th grade during the year ended june 30, 2025. The school served approximately 200-220 students during the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.37 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th 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: 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.8%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.