Freedom Christian Schools Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$464k
year to 30 June 2026
Expenses
$278k
year to 30 June 2026
Total assets
$1.2m
$338k liabilities
Net assets
$874k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
2.3 years on average
Staff
13
employees, year to 30 June 2026
Left since last filing
2
15% of the board
Officers and senior staff
16
named in Part VII
Freedom Christian Schools Inc's network
13 peoplei13 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 13 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Davis | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Anna Ruppert | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Christina Elgersma | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Henry Elgersma | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Karen Trout | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Karissa Costello | Principal | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Krystal Kessler | Teacher Assistant | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Lara Wible | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Lynn Garrett | Company secretary | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Patti Elgersma | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sarah Grim | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Sue Thompson | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Terri Elgersma | Teacher | 2024 | 2 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
16 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Ruppert | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Brooke Judkins | Teacher Assistant | since 2020 |
| Cheryl Walsh | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Christina Elgersma | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Cynthis Jacobs | Teacher Assistant | since 2020 |
| Darlene Sentz | Teacher Assistant | 2023 |
| Henry Elgersma | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Karen Trout | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Karissa Costello | Principal | since 2020 |
| Lara Wible | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Lynn Garrett | Company secretary | since 2020 |
| Patti Elgersma | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Robert Costello | Teacher Assistant | 2023 |
| Sue Thompson | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Terri Elgersma | Teacher | since 2020 |
| Veronica Garland | Teacher | since 2020 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2026iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karissa Costello | Principal | 40 | $24k | ||
| Lynn Garrett | Secretary | 40 | $18k | ||
| Patti Elgersma | Teacher | 40 | $14k | ||
| Henry Elgersma | Teacher | 40 | $14k | ||
| Karen Trout | Teacher | 40 | $14k | ||
| Ana Davis | Teacher | 40 | $14k | ||
| Terri Elgersma | Teacher | 40 | $14k | ||
| Kathryn White | Teacher | 40 | $13k | ||
| Lara Wible | Teacher | 40 | $13k | ||
| Anna Ruppert | Teacher | 40 | $13k | ||
| Sue Thompson | Teacher | 20 | $11k | ||
| Autumn Belch | Teacher | 40 | $10k | ||
| Jessica Winters | Teacher | 20 | $2k |
About
- Legal name
- Freedom Christian Schools Inc
- EIN
- 832954340
- Address
- 3185 York Rd, Gettysburg, PA, 17325-8259
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- To provide biblical instruction and academic education to the public in a nondenominational christ-centered atmosphere (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B20 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2019
- Principal officer
- Karissa Costello (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2019
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 2, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥2years on the filingsANA Davis
≥2years on the filingsAnna Ruppert
≥2years on the filingsChristina Elgersma
≥2years on the filingsHenry Elgersma
Latest return
year to 30 June 2026iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2026. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.2m
- Total liabilities
- $338k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $874k
- Contributions and grants received
- $290k
- Program service revenue
- $158k
- Employees
- 13
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Freedom Christian Schools Inc likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 2 January 2019
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (7)
- Henry Elgersma Assistant Treasurer
- Henry Elgersma Governor
- Karen Trout Treasurer
- Karen Trout Governor
- Karissa A Costello Governor
- Karissa A Costello President
- Lynn Garret Secretary
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.