Baldwin Christian School
Legal name: Society of Christian Instruction of Baldwin St Croix County Wisconsin
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 396007549
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Baldwin, WI, United States
- Phone
- +1 715-684-2656
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $620,501
- Expenses
- $545,814
- Assets
- $1,024,163
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Matt Sabelko (Director, President)
- Andrew McLean (Director, Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Matt Sabelko (Director, President)
- Andrew McLean (Director, Vice President)
- Karl Anderson (Director, 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
To provide exceptional classical Christian education; to employ highly qualified Christian educators; and to create a Christ-centered, educationally rich learning environment. OUR MISSION To provide _exceptional_ classical Christian education To employ highly qualified _Christian_ educators. BCS teaches students to _dedicate_ their lives to God recognizing that, as Christians, we are called to love the LORD and our neighbor. • SERVE •. A BCS education also helps students think laterally. A student’s day is categorized into subject-based classes. BCS teachers make clear connections between the Bible and history, history and science, science and logic, logic and modern culture, etc. BCS students are educated in the lifelong process of applying the “tools of learning” in order to become a vital member of the _Great Conversation;_ of which all are called to through scripture. •...
What it reported doing in 2024
Educated students in grades 3K-12 with classical Christian classroom instruction 5 days per week during the months of September through May.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: 12%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.88; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $546K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.