Seattle Christian School Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910655756
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Seatac, WA, USA
Phone
2062468241
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,637,216
Expenses
$9,635,892
Assets
$13,191,566
Liabilities
$2,358,567

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANI YORKSTON (PRESIDENT)
  • NICHOLAS JANSSON (PRESIDENT (THRU 04/2025))
  • TERESA SAVAGE (ACTING PRESIDENT (AS OF 03/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • CHAD MCNATT (SUPERINTENDENT): $157,742 total reported compensation
  • MARTHA HOEFEL (ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL): $119,242 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Seattle christian schools is committed to providing a premier, christ-centered education for k-12 students. Blessed with a legacy of over 70 years of god's provision and leading, students benefit from an unparalleled educational experience. We offer top-rated academics, exceptional athletic programs, fine and performing arts and broad co-curricular programs. Approximately 95% of our graduates pursue higher education beyond high school. The faculty and staff of seattle christian school are dedicated to providing rigorous, relevant instruction grounded in meaningful, christ-centered relationships with students. This equips them both academically and spiritually, so they can confidently share the reason for their hope and faith in jesus. Seattle christian school seeks to prepare students to engage the culture and impact their world for christ.

What it reported doing in 2024

Seattle christian school serves approximately 450 families and 630 students, kindergarten through 12th grade, from over 25 different puget sound communities. The elementary and secondary schools are both conveniently located on our fourteen-acre campus in seatac. Seattle christian school offers outstanding academics, programs, and experiences, all of which are centered on christ and come from a biblical worldview. Programs in the arts, athletics, and activities enhance academics with opportunities to compete in select local, regional, and state competitions. Students also have the opportunity to participate in both local and international mission and service trips, which strengthen students' christian school experience. Academic highlights: over 90% of the class of 2025 pursued further education or training, and seattle christian school earned a national platinum distinction in advanced placement achievement for 2025. Seattle christian school students' performance on the scholastic achievement test (sat) reflects their academic accomplishments with students outperforming the national and state scores. Athletic highlights: seattle christian school offers competitive athletic programs at both the middle school and high school level in cross country, football, volleyball, basketball, cheer, soccer, track and field, golf, softball, and baseball. Fine and performing arts highlights: seattle christian school offers jazz band, concert band, pep band, worship band, choirs, theater, and many fine art classes. Seattle christian school demonstrates effective communication with families and the school community through marketing platforms and social media: seattle christian school website, stewardship report, scepter magazine, seattle christian school at-a-glance flyer, k-12 marketing brochures, instagram, and facebook.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.3%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.3% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 9 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.