Lansing Educational Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262273288
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Lansing, KS, USA
Phone
9137271100
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,271
Expenses
$52,979
Assets
$134,393

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE AUS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTINE AUS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREW CAMERON (VICE PRESIDE)
  • CHRISTINA HOVERSON (TREASURER)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The lansing educational foundation enhances the excellence in the learning environment for lansing students in usd 469 in partnership with the schools and community.

What it reported doing in 2020

Lef funded 29 grants to lansing public schools during the 2020-2021 school year. This includes educate the pride classroom grants, building grants, major gifts, and teacher of the year/educational support professional of the year grants. Educate the pride mini-grants fund classroom initiatives that focus on innovation and enrich student learning in various amounts. These grants have historically ranged from school culture program support, behavior interventions support teams, and new classroom technology, to assisting in student learning and the acquisition of character enrichment books, as well as stem-related enrichment programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 70.8%; rating input score 71

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 70.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 26 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.