California · Nonprofit
CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO
CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,617,914 to it, the largest being Turning Point for God ($1,426,264). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What Christian Unified Schools of San Diego does
Mission
Recognizing the preeminence of christ, partnering with parents, Christian Unified Schools of San Diego (cussd) teaches students to think, learn, and live from a biblical worldview by integrating god and his word as the primary source of knowledge and truth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Christian Unified Schools of San Diego (cussd) is an accredited, private christian k through 12 school providing an excellent education from a christ centered world view. Cussd provides this education within the setting of the traditional school model, while also providing a wide variety of athletics, music, fine arts, and advanced placement programs in order that each student may develop to his or her fullest potential. Cussd offers a tuition grant program to families with a demonstrated financial need. Cussd admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights and privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded, or made available, to students at the school. Cussd does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, athletic and other school administered programs, nor in the hiring of faculty or administration. Cussd operates a senior high, two junior highs, and three elementary schools in san diego county, california.
$22,487,241 spentof which $6,228,170 as grants$22,462,954 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $22,487,241.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.7M to $6.7M (+80%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2023 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
John Eichhorst
Director and chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $121k → $30k.
9 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 58% · 2019 78% · 2020 42% · 2021 56% · 2022 92% · 2023 96% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
67% of CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
98% of CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO has grown faster than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Shadow Mountain Community Church · exempt
- Southern California Seminary Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO?
- CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO (California) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,617,914 to it, the largest being Turning Point for God ($1,426,264). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,617,914 in grants to CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO?
- Turning Point for God is the largest funder on record, with $1,426,264 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHRISTIAN UNIFIED SCHOOLS OF SAN DIEGO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing