Oregon · Nonprofit
COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,213 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($92,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $252k
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What Columbia Christian Schools does
Mission
Columbia Christian Schools seeks to provide a christ-centered education focused on excellence in faith, character and academics to students in preschool through 12th grade.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Christian education: in fiscal year 2024/2025 a total of 292 students were enrolled in the school.early childhood program: the columbia christian pre-k program is designed to provide a safe and nurturing environment that allows children to gain an appreciation of their world and others around them through guided discovery as well as large and small group interactions. These experiences will provide developmentally appropriate activities where the child is an active participant in the learning process. Elementary school: the elementary curriculum includes art, bible, computers, language arts (grammar, reading, spelling, writing, etc.), library skills, mathematics, music/drama, physical education, science, social studies and spelling. All core subjects are taught by the primary teacher, while art, computers, library skills, music/drama, and physical education are all taught by specialists in those areas. Daily devotionals and bible classes are an essential part of the educational experience. As part of the regular curriculum, elementary classes are also involved in occasional field trips. Elementary teachers teach all subjects from a christian perspective. Middle school: the middle…
$2,756,440 spentof which $763,290 as grants$3,201,949 earned by the program92% of program spendingStudent activities and auxiliary programs to provide student programs as a part of the learning environment. Performing arts (music, band and drama) and also fine art where students are introduced to basic art skills and materials using a variety of media. The school also provides students with a lunch and bussing program to help enrich the educational process. Extended care: offers before school and after school care for families who need to drop students off early in the morning or pick them up late in the afternoon.athletic programs: Columbia Christian Schools provides students with the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics, which we believe is an important component to the experience students have in school beyond the regular day. Being active promotes good health, good self-esteem and learning to work with others in a team concept. At columbia, we emphasize growth in character, integrity, humility and sportsmanship - whether on the playing field or in the classroom.
$253,462 spent$126,137 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,009,902.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $11M to $10M (−5%).
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 11% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Robert Gentry
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $35k → $107k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS’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
COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 100% · 2019 51% · 2020 98% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — 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.
Where its funders are
COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $19k on record.
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$12k
- DISTRIBUTION TO CONTRACT SVC PROVIDER$7k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS?
- COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,213 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($92,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $252,213 in grants to COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $92,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 5 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