Cornerstone Homeschoolers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461005355
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lancaster, PA, USA
Phone
7175841439
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,650
Expenses
$130,182
Assets
$130,048
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lauri Shumaker (Board President, (Jan-Dec))
  • Cathy Sharp (Board Vice President(Jun-Dec))

People named in this filing

  • Lauri Shumaker (Board President, (Jan-Dec))
  • Cathy Sharp (Board Vice President(Jun-Dec))
  • Jen Hardebeck (Board Secretary, (Jan-Dec))

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cornerstone Homeschoolers Inc exists to provide homeschool services for persons wishing to educate their children at home

What it reported doing in 2025

Social Events Organized nature study classes, field trips, a special presentation from the fire company, Iowa achievement testing, additional social gatherings/events including, a Christmas party, Christmas luncheon, concert and learning fair, track and field day, picnics, summer park days, and an open house and community serve events. Upper tier had 6 additional events and Lower tier had 25 additional events

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.9% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $126K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.