Lenawee Christian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382166478
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Adrian, MI, United States
- Phone
- 517.265.7590
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,606,351
- Expenses
- $5,771,758
- Assets
- $3,688,764
- Liabilities
- $443,229
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TODD MARSHALL (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- TODD MARSHALL (CEO): $219,956 total reported compensation
- RACHEL MANNOR (FINANCE DIRE): $127,264 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Lenawee Christian School exists in partnership with the family and the church to integrate Biblical truth for life with a commitment to glorifying Jesus Christ through academic excellence and spiritual maturity. Whether missionaries, pastors, business people, doctors, trades people, or teachers, our alumni are making a significant impact in the world. Our partnership with their families and our commitment to preparing them for a life of influence helped to pave the way for their success after high school. You might ask, “How do they do it?” The answer is based in a basic truth: all students have inherent worth, value, and dignity. We love to invest in the lives of our students, helping to develop them as individuals with unique, God-given gifts and talents. We celebrate their victories, support them in their learning, and surround them with love. The environment at our school is...
What it reported doing in 2024
Lenawee christian school (lcs) was incorporated on july 16, 1987. Lcs has been recognized by the IRS as an exempt organization under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and has been classified as a public charity under code section 509(a)(1) by virtue of code section 170(b)(1)(a)(ii). Lcs is actively involved with charitable, educational and religious ministries in the adrian, Michigan area with lenawee christian ministries (lcm). Lcm is a separate nonprofit corporation which has been recognized as an exempt organization by the internal revenue service under code section 501(c)(3) and classified as a public charity under code section 509(a)(2). Lcm is the controlling member of lcs and acts to coordinate and supervise school programs, projects, and activities. Lcm ministries include operation of a multi-purpose facility which is adjacent to lcs, the christian family centre, which offers programs and activities that encourage strong family and individual development. The school is a non-denominatinal christian school for preschool through grade 12. The school is accredited in the state of Michigan by cognia (formerly "advanced") and the association of christian schools international. Throughout this fiscal year, as in the past, efforts were made to reach out into the community to meet the needs of many who are having a difficult time. Over 50 churches, non-profit agencies, and governmental agencies were served. Funds were raised to support destiny rescue. All students typically spend two school days working in the community, such as at fishes & loaves, care pregnancy center, lisd, salvation army, goodwill, adopt-a-highway, tecumseh parks and recreation, humane society, and hope community center. Several times throughout the school year, the students perform for the residents and work on activities with them.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 82.7%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $0.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.6%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $220K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.