Dayspring Christian Academy of Mountville, PA 
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Summary
A Principle-Approach® Preschool-12 Christian School in Lancaster County, PA
Contact information
Mailing address:
Dayspring Christian Academy
120 College Avenue
Mountville, PA 17554
Website: www.dayspringchristian.com
Phone: 717-285-2000
Email: [email protected]
Organization details
EIN: 232833032
CEO/President: Dan Stone
Chairman: Sandy Abel
Board size: 7
Founder:
Ruling year: 2002
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 06/30
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
To partner with families and churches in equipping students to:
Acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of life
Demonstrate a biblical worldview
Become citizens of excellence in Christian character and scholarship
Restore America's biblical foundation
Mission statement
The Principle Approach® teaches students to reason from biblical truth and principles, and to make application to every area of life. Every class at Dayspring Christian Academy begins with God's Word.
Statement of faith
We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, and of supreme and final authority in faith and conduct. Accordingly, based on Scripture we believe...
In one God eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
That Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man (God-Man).
That the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, one with the Father and the Son, the indweller of every believer whereby each one is sealed unto the day of redemption of the body; that the Holy Spirit is active in the world today convicting the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment and is empowering the believer to be an overcoming witness of Christ.
In the existence and operating power of a real and personal being opposed to all righteousness and exalting himself against all that God is and has, the evil one called Satan or the Devil.
In a literal hell, the place of eternal punishment for the wicked dead.
In a literal place called heaven where God's immediate presence is manifested, where the angels are, and where the redeemed shall ultimately be, from where Christ descended and ascended again, where He makes intercession for the saints, and from where He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
That God created man in His own image and in a state of innocence, but that through temptation man willfully transgressed and became dead in trespasses and sins, whereby his posterity inherit a corrupt nature being born in sin and under condemnation.
That the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins as according to the Scripture, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice; that He arose from the dead in His glorified body, ascended into heaven, and as our great High Priest and Advocate, He ever lives to make intercession for us; that all who believe on His name are justified on the ground of His shed blood and receive the gift of eternal life by the grace of God.
That regeneration is a divine and instantaneous work of the Holy Spirit whereby God imparts life to one dead in trespasses and sin.
That sanctification is a divine and progressive work of the Holy Spirit whereby God, upon the ground of the finished work of Christ on the cross and His present intercessory ministry and His Divine Word, sets the believer apart and works out, in and through him by means of a submissive will, that which is well-pleasing to Himself through Jesus Christ. This work culminates in the redemption of the body.
In the one true church, the mystical body and bride of the Lord Jesus, composed of believers from Pentecost; that the local church is an organization composed of professing believers instituted for the purpose of fellowship, worship, and service; that in the matters of administration and policy, it is self-governing.
That the term marriage has only one meaning: the uniting of a naturally born man and a naturally born woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. That God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. God commands that there be no sexual intimacy outside of or apart from marriage between a man and a woman.
That God wonderfully foreordained and immutably created each person as either male or female in conformity with their biological sex. These two distinct yet complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God.
That all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect and value all human life.
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Transparency grade
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: K-12 Schools/Academies
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 456 of 1582 | 83 of 271 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 8 of 1583 | 5 of 271 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 939 of 1583 | 171 of 271 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 904 of 1583 | 169 of 271 |
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 9% | 2% | 17% | 13% | 6% | 7% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 2% | 2% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 4% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 12% | 83% | 38% | 45% | 68% | 57% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 2% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 7% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 88% | 17% | 62% | 55% | 32% | 43% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 78% | 78% | 79% | 77% | 80% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 93% | 24% | 89% | 77% | 45% | 64% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 77% | 19% | 69% | 61% | 35% | 51% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 7% | 76% | 11% | 23% | 55% | 36% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 7% | 65% | 7% | 15% | 62% | 66% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 14% | 15% | 15% | 14% | 14% | 13% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.98 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 3.13 | 1.23 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.06 | 1.10 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 1.98 | 0.24 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.51 | 1.08 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 2.80 | 30.74 | 11.49 | 13.80 | 15.16 | 7.38 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.35 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.14 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 3.53 | 47.91 | 13.63 | 14.20 | 22.11 | 9.57 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 30% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 15% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 116% | 492% | 187% | 194% | 194% | 86% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Cash | $4,779,529 | $3,823,195 | $5,444,620 | $7,179,165 | $2,960,651 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $12,209,093 | $59,901 | $149,466 | $152,571 | $58,802 |
| Short-term investments | $5,247,238 | $2,228,039 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $22,235,860 | $6,111,135 | $5,594,086 | $7,331,736 | $3,019,453 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $3,869,593 | $3,678,170 | $3,366,640 | $368,799 | $226,780 |
| Other long-term assets | $1,144,465 | $86,168 | $79,839 | $73,740 | $85,879 |
| Total long-term assets | $5,014,058 | $3,764,338 | $3,446,479 | $442,539 | $312,659 |
| Total assets | $27,249,918 | $9,875,473 | $9,040,565 | $7,774,275 | $3,332,112 |
| Liabilities | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $274,456 | $21,837 | $24,246 | $74,333 | $42,386 |
| Other current liabilities | $448,884 | $509,972 | $381,224 | $409,183 | $366,494 |
| Total current liabilities | $723,340 | $531,809 | $405,470 | $483,516 | $408,880 |
| Debt | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $27,761 | $141,939 | $112,917 | $90,149 | $92,515 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $27,761 | $141,939 | $112,917 | $90,149 | $92,515 |
| Total liabilities | $751,101 | $673,748 | $518,387 | $573,665 | $501,395 |
| Net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Without donor restrictions | $7,898,175 | $7,447,381 | $6,821,946 | $3,156,046 | $2,438,074 |
| With donor restrictions | $18,600,642 | $1,754,344 | $1,700,232 | $4,044,564 | $392,643 |
| Net assets | $26,498,817 | $9,201,725 | $8,522,178 | $7,200,610 | $2,830,717 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Total contributions | $18,774,160 | $2,101,374 | $2,531,490 | $5,573,279 | $2,938,698 |
| Program service revenue | $3,366,388 | $3,216,424 | $2,971,423 | $2,460,599 | $2,090,704 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $241,787 | $152,687 | $63,808 | $13,995 | $3,140 |
| Other revenue | $165,019 | $58,885 | $109,758 | $123,062 | $102,115 |
| Total other revenue | $3,773,194 | $3,427,996 | $3,144,989 | $2,597,656 | $2,195,959 |
| Total revenue | $22,547,354 | $5,529,370 | $5,676,479 | $8,170,935 | $5,134,657 |
| Expenses | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Program services | $4,181,151 | $3,831,292 | $3,466,487 | $2,874,086 | $2,618,050 |
| Management and general | $832,546 | $722,304 | $593,648 | $504,757 | $439,869 |
| Fundraising | $374,529 | $357,561 | $325,884 | $337,489 | $216,966 |
| Total expenses | $5,388,226 | $4,911,157 | $4,386,019 | $3,716,332 | $3,274,885 |
| Change in net assets | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $17,159,128 | $618,213 | $1,290,460 | $4,454,603 | $1,859,772 |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $17,159,128 | $618,213 | $1,290,460 | $4,454,603 | $1,859,772 |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Daniel Stone | Headmaster | $113,537 |
| John Riddell | Director of | $82,453 |
| Michael R Myers Edd | Vision Ambas | $72,450 |
Compensation data as of: 6/30/2025
Response from ministry
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