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Southwest Minnesota Christian Schools

Edgerton, Minnesota · EIN 41-0732197 · tax-exempt since 1953

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 51.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended May 2025.

Graded against 20,719 unclassified nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.36.7 months43
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.91% of practices91
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.3
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.69% from one source29
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.95.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.7%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.01not scored

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Year by year

20162018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
May 2025Form 990$11.17M$4.40M$6.77M$13.48M36.7109C
May 2024Form 990$4.64M$4.27M$361K$6.59M18.5102B
May 2023Form 990$3.09M$3.08M$10K$2.01M7.8102A
May 2022Form 990$2.79M$2.92M−$121K$1.42M5.8100B
May 2021Form 990$2.86M$2.31M$545K$1.27M6.696B
May 2019Form 990$1.34M$1.36M−$18K$520K4.644A
May 2018Form 990$1.27M$1.32M−$50K$145K1.345B
May 2016Form 990$1.07M$1.17M−$98K$153K1.646C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation: