Washington · Nonprofit
SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,528,357 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($520,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Seattle Christian School Association does
Mission
Seattle christian schools is committed to providing a premier, christ-centered education for k-12 students. Blessed with a legacy of over 70 years of god's provision and leading, students benefit from an unparalleled educational experience. We offer top-rated academics, exceptional athletic programs, fine and performing arts and broad co-curricular programs. Approximately 95% of our graduates pursue higher education beyond high school. The faculty and staff of seattle christian school are dedicated to providing rigorous, relevant instruction grounded in meaningful, christ-centered relationships with students. This equips them both academically and spiritually, so they can confidently share the reason for their hope and faith in jesus. Seattle christian school seeks to prepare students to engage the culture and impact their world for christ.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Seattle christian school serves approximately 450 families and 630 students, kindergarten through 12th grade, from over 25 different puget sound communities. The elementary and secondary schools are both conveniently located on our fourteen-acre campus in seatac. Seattle christian school offers outstanding academics, programs, and experiences, all of which are centered on christ and come from a biblical worldview. Programs in the arts, athletics, and activities enhance academics with opportunities to compete in select local, regional, and state competitions. Students also have the opportunity to participate in both local and international mission and service trips, which strengthen students' christian school experience. Academic highlights: over 90% of the class of 2025 pursued further education or training, and seattle christian school earned a national platinum distinction in advanced placement achievement for 2025. Seattle christian school students' performance on the scholastic achievement test (sat) reflects their academic accomplishments with students outperforming the national and state scores. Athletic highlights: seattle christian school offers competitive athletic…
$8,090,586 spent$8,493,384 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $8,090,586.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $13M (+10%).
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 12% · 2022 4% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $28k → $125k.
7 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 13 of 14 funders by total. 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
SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 93% · 2019 90% · 2020 60% · 2021 69% · 2022 73% · 2023 80% — 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
50% of SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 86% 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
72% of SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $429k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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
SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION's revenue grew 62% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION?
- SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,528,357 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($520,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $1,528,357 in grants to SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $520,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEATTLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 14 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