Lake Mead Christian Academy
Legal name: Lake Mead Christian Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880343726
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Henderson, NV, United States
- Phone
- 702-565-5831
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,525,926
- Expenses
- $14,480,307
- Assets
- $14,526,895
- Liabilities
- $11,694,854
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOREEN SCOTT (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- GAYLE SUE BLAKELEY (EXECUTIVE DI): $126,473 total reported compensation
- BRAD BLAKELEY (LEAD PASTOR): $97,102 total reported compensation
- ASHLEY MAHANEY (DIRECTOR OF): $71,229 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lake Mead Christian Ministries exists to serve Jesus Christ through education and community building. Mission, Vision, Core Values Home > About Us > Mission, Vision, Core Values Admissions >. Lake Mead Christian Ministries is a faith-based, non-profit organization. Since our beginning, we have offered our services such as education, childcare, and activities as affordably as possible so that we have an economically diverse community. At the same time, we are committed to continued development and improvement of quality programs and facilities through careful stewardship and the support of donors. LMCM is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Gifts made to the ministry are tax-deductible as allowed by law. To learn more about making a Support LMCM pledge or additional ways you can assist our mission to build the Kingdom, please email [email protected] or.
What it reported doing in 2024
The operation of a private elementary and secondary school that teaches subjects customarily taught in public schools as well as religious curriculum. Approximately 1,007 students are served during each fiscal year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $15.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 55.6%; rating input score 56; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.81; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $126K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 56/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.