Tri Unity Christian School
Legal name: Tri-unity Christian School Assoc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382320461
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wyoming, MI, US
- Phone
- (616) 532-8827
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,264,002
- Expenses
- $3,453,486
- Assets
- $8,845,917
- Liabilities
- $3,045,473
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBRA BLANKER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- BEN OPHOFF (SUPERINTENDE): $92,642 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At Tri-unity Christian School, we seek to intentionally provide a unique spiritual and academic environment that prepares students for LIFE—Loving Relationships, Influence with Purpose, Faith through Fire, and Education for the 21st Century. Our Mission: Graduating academically excellent disciples of christ. At Tri-unity Christian School, we seek to intentionally provide a unique spiritual and academic environment that prepares students for **LIFE** —**L** oving Relationships, **I** nfluence with Purpose, **F** aith through Fire, and **E** ducation for the 21st Century. We believe education is measured one student at a time, and as such, each student's experience carries the utmost value and importance. Just as God's design for each of us is unique and intricate, so too are the learning styles, abilities, and gifts He has placed within each student. That's why our goal is to discover...
What it reported doing in 2024
The association provides educational and religious instruction to area elementary, middle and high school students for the full school year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 66% 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: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th 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: 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $93K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 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: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.