Santa Claus School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383304827
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Midland, MI, USA
Phone
9898357721
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,094
Expenses
$143,375
Assets
$446,506

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOLLY VALENT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARK R FREED (SECRETARY/TR)
  • THOMAS VALENT (VICE PRESIDE)
  • HOLLY VALENT (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the santa claus school is to create better santas through class teaching and to make all children happy at christmas.

What it reported doing in 2025

The santa claus school, in its 89th year established, continues to operate a school that teaches individuals the basics of being santa: things like appropriate santa make-up and clothing, the principles of sleigh flight, the care and feeding of reindeer, and how to properly sing a christmas carol. The santa claus school is the oldest santa school in the world and students have come from nearly every state and from countries all over the world, including australia, england, switzerland, norway and greenland. The class is split each year into new and returning students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.8%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 95.3%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.2%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.11; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.8% of revenue deployed · 95.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $137K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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.