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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Totals

Total revenue
$27,009,563
Total expenses
$21,866,808
Contributions and grants received
$5,847,779
Grants paid
$2,310,299
Program service revenue
$20,842,374
Investment income
$128,295
Other revenue
$191,115
Total assets, end of year
$22,702,702
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,392,122
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,310,580
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,070,141
Management and general expenses
$3,604,030
Fundraising expenses
$192,637
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,070,141

Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $158,137

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,992,859

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,696,783

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $43,768

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $19,673,745 · related or exempt $19,673,745

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY INCOME

    total $1,168,629 · related or exempt $1,168,629

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $128,920 · excluded $128,920

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $111,564

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $18,384

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $93,180

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $93,180 · excluded $93,180

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $48,982

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $49,607

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$625

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$625 · excluded -$625

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $229,794

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $158,137

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $164,327

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $65,467 · excluded $65,467

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $450,412

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $422,377

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $28,035 · unrelated business $28,035

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $4,433 · excluded $4,433

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $4,433

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $34,490 · program services $34,490

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,275,809 · program services $2,275,809

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $418,010 · management and general $418,010

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $44,297 · program services $44,297

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,125,746 · program services $8,200,999 · management and general $1,855,597 · fundraising $69,150

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $266,389 · program services $213,727 · management and general $52,662

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,703,727 · program services $1,378,030 · management and general $325,697

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $809,649 · program services $640,674 · management and general $168,975

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,721 · management and general $15,721

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $144,496 · management and general $144,496

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,256 · management and general $1,256

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $65,891 · management and general $65,891

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $199,497 · management and general $199,497

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $340,137 · program services $340,137

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $899,815 · program services $855,595 · management and general $44,220

  • 17 · Travel

    total $166,584 · program services $166,584

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $10,654 · management and general $10,654

  • 20 · Interest

    total $233,237 · program services $233,237

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $970,926 · program services $970,926

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $120,913 · management and general $120,913

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $2,020,191 · program services $2,020,191

  • 24b · Other expenses: BLDG & BUS MAINTENANCE

    total $667,026 · program services $655,337 · management and general $11,689

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING MATERIAL

    total $123,487 · fundraising $123,487

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $208,860 · program services $40,108 · management and general $168,752

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $549,336 · end of year $871,190

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,314,708 · end of year $1,655,444

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $154,307 · end of year $105,155

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $95,421 · end of year $142,670

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $287,951 · end of year $334,617

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $32,617,274

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $15,823,365

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,367,721 · end of year $16,793,909

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,063,280 · end of year $2,435,089

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $1,000

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $89,021 · end of year $363,628

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,498,996 · end of year $1,237,088

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $776,906 · end of year $1,098,790

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $196,120

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $1,960,926 · end of year $1,711,012

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,333,546 · end of year $4,345,232

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,263,258 · end of year $11,417,587

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,892,993 · end of year $2,892,993

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'S WORD, WE WILL EDUCATE EACH UNIQUE STUDENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SO THAT HE OR SHE IS EQUIPPED AND INSPIRED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR JESUS CHRIST IN THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCHOOL - TO INSTRUCT CHILDREN IN QUALITY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN GRADES PRESCHOOL - 12.

  • VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM (VCSS) IS A PRIVATE, COEDUCATIONAL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL LOCATED NEAR THE BORDER OF LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY. THE SCHOOL (PRESCHOOL - 12TH GRADE) WAS FOUNDED IN 1935 BY PARENTS FROM REFORMED CHURCHES AND IS OPERATED BY A SOCIETY OF PARENTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES DRAWN FROM CHURCHES ADHERING TO THE REFORMED THEOLOGY. STUDENTS COME FROM A GEOGRAPHICAL RADIUS OF APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES AND ATTEND OVER 200 DIFFERENT CHURCHES. THE STUDENT ETHNIC COMPOSITION IS APPROXIMATELY 40% CAUCASIAN AND 60% OTHER ETHNICITIES. AT VALLEY CHRISTIAN OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE WHOLE STUDENT: ACADEMICALLY, SPIRITUALLY, AND PHYSICALLY. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)OUR MISSION IS: IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE AUTHORITY OF GOD'S WORD, WE WILL EDUCATE EACH UNIQUE STUDENT IN COOPERATION WITH THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SO THAT HE OR SHE IS EQUIPPED AND INSPIRED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR JESUS CHRIST IN THE WORLD. OUR STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM MANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT PREPARE THEM FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH PROGRAMS IN ART, MUSIC, SPORTS, SERVICE, AND ACADEMICS. WE OFFER AVENUES OF SERVICE TO DEVELOP HABITS AND PATTERNS OF SERVANTHOOD. EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE. EACH WEEK, TIME IS SET ASIDE AT EACH CAMPUS TO WORSHIP AS A BODY. VALLEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ACCREDITED BY THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

    Expenses $18,070,141 · Grants $2,310,299 · Revenue $20,842,374

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Troy Stahl

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $250,541
    From this org
    $211,581
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,960
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,661
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,920
    Deferred
    $7,982
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,978
    Filer's total
    $250,541
  • Christopher Becher

    HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $207,364
    From this org
    $130,353
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $77,011
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,353
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72,057
    Filer's total
    $207,364
  • Rhonda Van Kampen

    ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $200,050
    From this org
    $142,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,239
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,811
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,410
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,829
    Filer's total
    $200,050
  • John Fitzgerald

    DIR. OF BUSINESS OPS.

    Total calculated
    $140,968
    From this org
    $121,549
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,419
    Hours/week
    45
  • Laura Pfiefer

    HIGH SCHOOL ASST. PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $134,912
    From this org
    $114,735
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,177
    Hours/week
    45
  • Brian Petteys

    MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL/DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $166,157
    From this org
    $144,886
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,271
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,886
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,441
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,830
    Filer's total
    $166,157
  • Matt De Young

    FACILITIES DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,568
    From this org
    $113,650
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,918
    Hours/week
    45
  • Wesley Turnbow

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Lee

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Scott Kroeze

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeff Brouwer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Art De Jong

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gary Ericks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jason Van Duyn

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tracy Van Hofwegen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tobin White

    BOARD MEMBER & VICAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mike Siebersma

    SUPERINTENDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    45

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
COMPENSATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, TROY STAHL, INCLUDES AN ANNUAL TRAVEL ALLOWANCE FOR HIMSELF AND FAMILY. THIS IS GROSSED-UP FOR TAXES AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS FULLY TAXED IN HIS W-2.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

  • CCEEF

    $34,490

    REDISTRIBUTION OF GRANT

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601269349302620

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