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VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,060 to it, the largest being LEIGHTON FOUNDATION INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2017
$3k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$735k
1/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Vista Christian School does

Mission

Private ecucation of children kindergarten through 8th grade including before and after school careschool was closed for 16-17 school year - closing down operations

As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.

Program

Private education of children kindergarten through 8th grade including before and after school care school closed for 16 - 17 school year

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $10k.

Funder
'21
'22
total
funders
1
2

From the IRS filings of VISTA 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

VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 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

100% of VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
California out of state home

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.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like VISTA 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 California

Nationally

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

10% of spending goes to programs.

Program 10%Management 90%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL?
VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,060 to it, the largest being LEIGHTON FOUNDATION INC ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,060 in grants to VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL?
LEIGHTON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like VISTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 2 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