Seacoast Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205099712
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- South Berwick, ME, US
- Phone
- 207-384-5759
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,746,384
- Expenses
- $824,203
- Assets
- $2,179,001
- Liabilities
- $81,290
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
People named in this filing
- Ryan Therrien (Chairman)
- Ryan Corbett (Vice chairman)
- Jennifer Cardinal (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
Seacoast Christian School exists to equip its students to become lifelong disciples of Jesus Christ in all areas of life. That’s why Seacoast Christian School offers a different kind of educational experience. Our approach is simple: provide every student with a quality education with Jesus at the center of everything we do. We cultivate a vibrant, healthy school culture where students are seen, known, loved, and safe. 01. CHRIST-CENTERED VALUES. In June 2006, the new board of directors was sworn in, and SCS was reorganized as a new independent, board-run school. Bylaws were drawn up, board candidates were interviewed, and legal counsel assisted in creating a new nonprofit corporation to which the original school would be transferred. On November 8, 2010 Seacoast Christian School became the new owners of a 53,000 square foot facility on 5½ acres in the middle of Downtown South...
What it reported doing in 2024
Seacoast Christian School provides tuition-based private Christian education from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school is governed by its board of directors. Total enrollment at the end of the most recent school year was 135. Staffing included two administrators, 18 full-time and 7 part-time teachers, 4 office staff, an athletic director, and various other support positions. The student/teacher ratio was about 7.5 to 1.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.64; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $824K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.