Sheboygan Christian School
Legal name: Sheboygan Christian School Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 390851420
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sheboygan, WI, United States
- Phone
- 920.458.9981
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,318,421
- Expenses
- $7,129,179
- Assets
- $23,891,754
- Liabilities
- $15,980,971
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARK VANDESLUNT (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ANN STEENWYK (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $126,175 total reported compensation
- JOHN WARMUS (DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT & FINANCE): $77,307 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
| Vision | Core Values Mission In partnership with the Christian community, Sheboygan Christian School uses a biblical perspective to integrate academic excellence with Christ-centered learning, preparing students’ hearts and minds for service in God’s world. In partnership with the Christian community, Sheboygan Christian School uses a biblical perspective to integrate academic excellence with Christ-centered learning, preparing students’ hearts and minds for service in God’s world. Vision.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sheboygan christian school is expanding its mission and impact in the community more so than ever before. As enrollment increases each year, the impact of christian education increases. Our community has grown in the churches we represent, the families we serve alongside, and the students raised to impact the world for christ. Sheboygan christian school currently serves 566 students from over 250 families that represent over 55 churches in the area. Since 2018, enrollment has grown from 247 to a projection of over 600 students in the fall of 2026.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 70% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 76.1%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: 14.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 76.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.