Valley Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 830240313
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Torrington, WY, United States
- Phone
- 307-532-3133
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $498,308
- Expenses
- $568,027
- Assets
- $1,007,951
- Liabilities
- $344,244
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Matt Parker (President)
- Betsy Schmick (Vice President)
Highest reported compensation
- Crystal Woehlecke (Administrator/Principal): $38,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pursue Academic Growth by: Viewing Life through the Bible Being Christlike Leading through Service. We determine to have God and His truth as the cornerstone of our education. We recognize that "The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom…” _Proverbs 9:10a (AMP)_ With this in mind, great care is taken when choosing our staff. All who are involved in the educational process at Valley Christian School must have a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, be in agreement with our doctrinal statement, and feel called of God to the ministry of Christian education at Valley Christian School. Without Christ, the teacher is inadequate to teach in a Christ-centered manner due to the absence of the Holy Spirit from his/her life. We are responsible, under God, to choose careful.
What it reported doing in 2024
Successfully operated a full-time Christian elementary and pre-school serving 79 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: -14%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $481K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.