Ohio · Nonprofit
Valley Christian School
Valley Christian School (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $519,984 to it, the largest being THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($515,009). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $520k
- Net assets
- $4.3M
What Valley Christian School does
Mission
Valley Christian School exists as a flourishing Christ-centered education system to transform lives by loving more expecting more and being more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides a faith-based education for grade pre-k through 12th grade. The activity is conducted as a chartered nonpublic school in ohio under the oversight of a board of directors through the president of the organization. Direct services are provided by certified and non-certified facility and staff. The organization currently operates two campuses in youngstown ohio. The organization allocates 100 percent of its time to faith-based educational activiies. The organization is funded primarily 99 percent by tuition fees and state educational funds. 100 percent of the organizations expenses is allocated to faith based educational activities. The mission of Valley Christian School vcs is to transform lives through christian education. Vcs serves a primarily minority low-income and disadvantaged population of students who reside in a failing public school district. Vcs offers special education services to students who are identified with learning disabilities as well as gifted education services. The school offers athletic programs to students in grades 4th-12th grade as well as fine arts and stem programs. Because over 80 percent of the schools student population is…
$3,732,565 spent100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
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$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
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The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,732,565.
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
William Hoelzel
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $160k → $101k.
From the IRS filings of Valley Christian School’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
Valley Christian School leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 86% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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
Valley Christian School draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Valley Christian School runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 Valley Christian School
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Valley Christian School: 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 Valley Christian School?
- Valley Christian School (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $519,984 to it, the largest being THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($515,009). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Valley Christian School have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $519,984 in grants to Valley Christian School, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Valley Christian School?
- THE RUSSELL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $515,009 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Valley Christian School find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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