Lenawee Community Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
386095474
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Adrian, MI, USA
Phone
5172634696
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,497,908
Expenses
$7,536,159
Assets
$45,720,067
Liabilities
$1,767,002

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRONNA KAHLE (PRESIDENT/CE)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRONNA KAHLE (PRESIDENT/CE): $206,117 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We connect people who care with causes that matter, bringing health, happiness, and hope to our community, now and forever.

What it reported doing in 2025

Receive and administer funds for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including, but not limited to the promotion and support of education, community development, art and culture, health and social services, and civic affairs. Also, provide internal program services-grant making for non-profit programs and capacity building; volunteer lenawee; lenawee imagination library; hunters helping lenawee; lenawee youth council and lenawee youth leadership.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 94.6%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $55.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.07; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.7%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79% of revenue deployed · 94.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $206K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 40 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 37 filed related-organization links
  • 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.