Virginia · Nonprofit
THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC
THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,109 to it, the largest being Owen Charitable Foundation ($23,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What The St Christopher School Inc does
Mission
Christopher academy is committed to academic excellence by providing an enriching curriculum that cultivates a lifelong love of learning. Students are empowered to be independent thinkers and confident leaders prepared to succeed in a dynamic world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Christopher academy offers a developmentally appropriate curriculum that challenges students to do their personal best cognitively, socially, physically and emotionally. The curriculum and program focus on preparing students to be academically and socially successful in the 21st century. The school provides a stimulating environment in which hands-on, experiential learning opportunities encourage students to explore and discover through project-based and stem-inspired instruction. By developing a strong foundation in language arts and math skills, our students become confident learners. Science and social studies instruction, enriched by exciting field trips, provides opportunities for our students to explore their environment and to gain an understanding of our history.
$1,457,381 spent$1,425,262 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,457,381.
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 $2.6M to $3.4M (+33%).
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: 2017 0% · 2021 13% · 2022 15% · 2023 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Board chair
Jennifer Smith
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $14k → $392.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 THE ST CHRISTOPHER 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
THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
25% 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 THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 61% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 70% · 2023 100% — 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
17% of THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k 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
THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ST CHRISTOPHER 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC?
- THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC (Virginia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,109 to it, the largest being Owen Charitable Foundation ($23,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $48,109 in grants to THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ST CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL INC?
- Owen Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $23,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ST CHRISTOPHER 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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