Virginia · Nonprofit
Grace Christian School Inc
Grace Christian School Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,092 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H - JOHN G - EMMA SCOTT FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Grace Christian School Inc does
Mission
Grace Christian School is a Christ-centered school of academic excellence in which each student is educated and trained in biblical principles and a Christian worldview.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
GCS has grown to serve 364 students and is in its third year of utilizing an 18,000-square-foot facility that has significantly expanded our instructional capacity. This addition includes eleven classrooms, two state-of-the-art high school science labs, an art studio, a media center, an office suite, and a student cafeteria. With this expansion, GCS has been able to strengthen its core academic program, offer dual-enrollment and advanced coursework, broaden its fine arts opportunities (including visual arts, worship arts, and theatre), and support a growing athletics program. These program offerings allow GCS to serve students and families more fully, in a distinctly Christian environment.
$3,105,683 spentof which $50,000 as grants$2,914,604 earned by the program98% of program spendingGrace Christian School (GCS) is dedicated to excellence in athletics, emphasizing health, physical development, leadership, perseverance, and integrity both on and off the field. As a member of the Virginia Metro Athletic Conference (VMAC) and the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association (VISAA), GCS upholds a strong tradition of competitive success and Christ-honoring sportsmanship. In 2023 & 2024, the GCS girls soccer team earned back-to-back VISAA Div III State Championship titles, reflecting the strength of our program and the commitment of our student-athletes and coaches.During the 24-25 school year, GCS expanded to offer 22 competitive sports for middle and high
$61,299 spent$68,341 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,166,982.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $2.1M (+67%).
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 7% · 2023 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of Grace Christian School Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Jethro Iii Piland
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $877 → $74k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Grace Christian School Inc’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
Grace Christian School Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
50% of Grace Christian School Inc's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 20% 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
74% of Grace Christian School Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k 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.
Against its field
Grace Christian School Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Grace Christian School Inc
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% 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 Grace Christian School Inc: 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 Grace Christian School Inc?
- Grace Christian School Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,092 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H - JOHN G - EMMA SCOTT FOUNDATION ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Grace Christian School Inc have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $215,092 in grants to Grace Christian School Inc, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Grace Christian School Inc?
- THE WILLIAM H - JOHN G - EMMA SCOTT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Grace Christian School Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing