Coastal Christian School

Analysis

Coastal Christian School is a registered charity in United States, based in Pismo Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Coastal Christian School reported income of $6.6m and spending of $2.9m, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $2.8m to $6.6m (+132%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 151%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Coastal Christian School sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Field School ($6.6m), Helen Miller-Seiu Member Education and Training Center ($6.6m) and Cristo Rey New York High School ($6.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $14.9m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $13.8m. It reported 44 employees.