Lancaster County Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231504141
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lancaster, PA, United States
- Phone
- 717-556-0711
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,576,276
- Expenses
- $6,793,301
- Assets
- $19,173,275
- Liabilities
- $6,645,351
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- NATHAN LONG (HEAD OF SCHO): $122,300 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
LCCS exists to glorify God as a community of faith and learning dedicated to forming disciples of Jesus Christ. Choosing a private Christian school education is a significant decision and important investment in your child’s future. We are here to support you and help you determine if LCCS is the right fit for you. I can’t wait to meet you! A woman with long dark hair smiling outdoors, wearing a patterned blouse and a delicate necklace, with greenery in the background. Handwritten signature reading 'Amalie Feller'. Lancaster County Christian School has an abundant history steeped in strong foundations that were built on the Word of God. Its values and heritage were established long ago as Lancaster Christian School (founded in 1954) and Living Word Academy (founded in 1981). These two outstanding schools merged in 2010 to become Lancaster County Christian School. LCCS has continued...
What it reported doing in 2024
Private christian school that glorifies god as a community of faith and learning. Preschool through 12th grade education for approximately 526 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $21.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.8%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th 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: 54.7% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $122K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 58/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.