Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy

Analysis

Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Ynez, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1982, 44 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, Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.7m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.5m (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Fromm Institute for Life-Long Learning ($1.5m), International Association for College Admission Counseling Inc ($1.5m) and Summit Schools Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $654k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $442k. It reported 18 employees.