Seattle Christian School

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Summary

Challenging and comprehensive program, diverse multi-denominational community, grace-filled personalized learning for students in grades K-12 on one beautiful campus just off of I-5 in SeaTac, WA. Seattle Christian School assists students in their quest to be fully who God made them to be!


Contact information

Mailing address:
Seattle Christian School
18301 Military Road S
SeaTac, WA 98188

Website: seattlechristian.org

Phone: 206-246-8241

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 910655756

CEO/President: Chad McNatt

Chairman: Nick Jansson

Board size: 7

Founder:

Ruling year: 1978

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 07/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2018


Purpose

Inspire, equip, and raise up the next generation of Christ followers.


Mission statement

To proclaim Jesus Christ in all aspects of our program, emphasizing academic excellence and biblical Christian values, partnering with parents and the church to prepare godly young men and women so they may impact their world for Christ.


Statement of faith

I believe that there is one God (Deut. 6:4; Mark 12:29-30), eternally existent (Psalm 90:2; Rev. 4:8), in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14), immutable and infinite in wisdom, holiness, power, justice, goodness and truth.

I believe in the inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. I believe that:

God, who is Himself Truth and speaks Truth only, has inspired Holy Scripture in order thereby to reveal Himself to lost mankind through Jesus Christ as Creator and Lord, Redeemer and Judge. Holy Scripture is God's witness to Himself.

Holy Scripture, being God's own Word, written by men prepared and superintended by His Spirit, is of infallible divine authority in all matters upon which it touches: it is to be believed, as God's instruction, in all that it affirms; obeyed, as God's command, in all that it requires; embraced, as God's pledge, in all that it promises.

The Holy Spirit, the divine author of the Holy Scriptures, both authenticates Scripture to us by His inward witness and opens our minds to understand its meaning.

Being wholly and verbally God-given, Scripture is without error or fault in its teaching, no less in what it states about God's acts in creation and the events of world history, and about its own literary origins under God, than in its witness to God's saving grace in individual lives.

The authority of Scripture is inescapably impaired if this total divine inerrancy is in any way limited or disregarded, or made relative to a view of truth contrary to the Bible's own; and such lapse brings serious loss to the individual, and Seattle Christian School (Matt. 5:17-19; I Cor. 2:13; II Tim. 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21).

I believe that God in the beginning created the heaven and the earth (Gen. 1:1; Acts 17:24; Col. 1:16; Heb. 11:3), and that He still upholds them by His providence (Heb. 1:3; Col. 1:17).

I believe that God created man good and after His own image (Gen. 1:27, 31), that man of his own will sinned against his Creator (Gen. 3:1-7), that man thereby cast himself and his posterity into deepest sin (Gen. 3:16-19; Rom. 5:12) and that man can be saved from sin only by faith in Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:18; Acts 4:12).

I believe in the deity of Jesus Christ (John 1:1; John 20:28), in His virgin birth (Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:26-33), in His sinless life (II Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15), in His miracle-working power (Matt. 8:3, 16; John 11:43-44), in His vicarious and atoning death (I Peter 2:24; I John 2:2), in His bodily resurrection (Luke 24:34; I Cor. 15:4-8), in His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11), and in His personal return in power and glory (Matt. 24:30; Acts 1:11). I believe that for me He was "made to be sin" and for my sins He suffered the judgment of divine justice, voluntarily shedding His precious blood and dying on Calvary's cross, "the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God" (I Peter 3:18). I confess Him as my personal Savior and Lord.

I believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by Whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (I Cor. 6:11, 19-20; Gal. 5:16-26). I believe that God has called me "unto holiness," to "walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit," to live the victorious Christian life, yielded and separated unto God, in constant subjection to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to be a living witness before others of His all-sufficient grace, power and peace (Rom. 6:11-13, 8:2,4,12,13; II Cor. 6:14-18; 12:9; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 2:6; I Thess. 4:7; Heb. 12:14; I Peter 1:14-16; II Peter1:5-8; I John 1:6-9; 2:15-17).

I believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ (John 10:16; Eph. 4:4-6).

I believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).

(Adopted by Seattle Christian School Board of Directors April 27, 1981.)

Transparency grade

A

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: K-12 Schools/Academies

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating478 of 109424 of 47
Fund acquisition rating786 of 109739 of 47
Resource allocation rating402 of 109717 of 47
Asset utilization rating351 of 109415 of 47

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20202019201820172016
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
11%43%22%70%24%48%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
3%3%3%4%3%3%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
16%6%14%5%13%7%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
3%2%3%3%3%3%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
84%94%86%95%87%93%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20202019201820172016
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
82%84%84%85%85%86%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
96%112%108%113%98%107%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
77%94%91%96%83%92%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
4%-12%-8%-13%2%-7%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
4%-8%-5%-7%1%-4%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
14%14%13%11%12%11%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20202019201820172016
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.440.610.650.570.570.53
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
3.292.362.522.532.482.50
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.551.431.641.451.411.33
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20202019201820172016
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
3.235.414.515.499.008.46
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.310.180.220.180.110.12
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
4.196.825.686.757.567.93
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20202019201820172016
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
32%16%10%9%5%10%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
14%7%0%0%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
138%138%138%159%167%168%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20202019201820172016
Cash$1,148,345$1,827,359$2,376,344$2,333,529$2,426,599
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$155,551$688,341$158,252$154,199$171,951
Short-term investments$2,819,452$1,362,545$1,464,297$1,643,763$1,628,612
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$4,123,348$3,878,245$3,998,893$4,131,491$4,227,162
Long-term investments$0$0$0$0$0
Fixed assets$5,618,052$5,884,011$6,099,986$6,129,388$6,330,162
Other long-term assets$0$4,226$16,407$0$0
Total long-term assets$5,618,052$5,888,237$6,116,393$6,129,388$6,330,162
Total assets$9,741,400$9,766,482$10,115,286$10,260,879$10,557,324
 
Liabilities20202019201820172016
Payables and accrued expenses$107,659$70,747$82,712$71,374$68,077
Other current liabilities$654,649$789,529$645,307$387,589$431,378
Total current liabilities$762,308$860,276$728,019$458,963$499,455
Debt$692,500$0$0$0$0
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$99,973$137,487$161,094$57,359$597,359
Total long-term liabilities$792,473$137,487$161,094$57,359$597,359
Total liabilities$1,554,781$997,763$889,113$516,322$1,096,814
 
Net assets20202019201820172016
Without donor restrictions$6,062,224$6,738,599$7,397,052$8,007,253$7,809,412
With donor restrictions$2,124,395$2,030,120$1,829,121$1,737,304$1,651,098
Net assets$8,186,619$8,768,719$9,226,173$9,744,557$9,460,510
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20202019201820172016
Total contributions$331,604$803,211$273,168$779,747$355,628
Program service revenue$4,968,822$5,024,227$4,745,717$5,061,112$4,771,093
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income($2,892)$100,756$112,986$69,036$82,151
Other revenue($14,344)($7,993)$26,745$52,568$61,627
Total other revenue$4,951,586$5,116,990$4,885,448$5,182,716$4,914,871
Total revenue$5,283,190$5,920,201$5,158,616$5,962,463$5,270,499
 
Expenses20202019201820172016
Program services$4,958,064$5,379,254$4,961,206$4,958,638$4,830,841
Management and general$810,457$816,428$659,006$684,189$639,284
Fundraising$143,195$175,563$191,181$189,487$171,427
Total expenses$5,911,716$6,371,245$5,811,393$5,832,314$5,641,552
 
Change in net assets20202019201820172016
Surplus (deficit)($628,526)($451,044)($652,777)$130,149($371,053)
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets($628,526)($451,044)($652,777)$130,149($371,053)

Compensation

NameTitleCompensation
Laird LeavittSuperintendent$125,350

Compensation data as of: 7/31/2019


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