Southeast Christian School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810978501
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2020
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Parker, CO, USA
Phone
3038415988
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,503,624
Expenses
$4,014,717
Assets
$1,589,680
Liabilities
$384,027

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Hunter Floyd (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michelle Davis (Head of School): $142,749 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Soli Deo Gloria: Preparing minds and hearts to know and serve God, for His glory alone (Eph. 4:12). secs mission Our Mission Preparing minds and hearts to know and serve God, for His glory alone. Preparing minds and hearts to know and serve God, for His glory alone Service. For more than 40 years the strength of the school has been our solid faculty. Besides parents, teachers are often the most influential adults in the life of a child. SCS is blessed by staff members who not only teach, but act daily in many other capacities to support and guide students. These actions reflect the commitment our entire faculty has to being a positive role model for students, focusing on character development alongside academics. Many of our faculty members hold advanced degrees in a variety of disciplines. K-8 teachers are required to pursue ACSI certification in addition to their Colorado state...

What it reported doing in 2020

Preschool-8th School: Continued work on developing the Strategic Plan in collaboration with the SCS Board, Parent Advisory Council (PAC), and School Advisory and Leadership Team (SALT); maintained excellent student STAR testing results in-spite of COVID-19 and distance learning; developed a distance learning program supporting synchronous, hybrid learning; achieved school-wide fundraising of $160,570, continued a forum-style, "Listening Out" event for parents and community members, completed "Listening In" forums with SCS Board, PAC, and SALT; received $286,500 to the Preschool via the Colorado Child Care contribution Credit donations; held special all-school Chapel to honor and connect with Ministry partners; put on a Celebration of Learning event; refined implementation of new Preschool curriculum, Learning Without Tears. Applied for, and obtained, Colorado Department of Education approved Induction program; established a mentor program for new teaching staff.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 79% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
  • 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: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.3%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 71.3% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $143K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.