Lionel Chery Education Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844332170
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Eugene, OR, USA
- Phone
- 8474010049
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $37,448
- Expenses
- $44,293
- Assets
- $16,100
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Marie Chery (President)
- Natalie Amoikan (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Marie Chery (President)
- Frantz Gabeau (Secretary)
- Natalie Amoikan (Vice President)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Lionel Chery Education Center's mission is to provide a Christ-centered education for students of all backgrounds. It aims to give them God-fearing character and biblical truth and inspire them to live learning, leadership, and service lives. Its vision is to transform lives through Christian education.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024-25, Lionel Chery Christian Academy served 33 students in two mixed-grade classrooms in Jacmel, Haiti. With the support of three dedicated teachers, our school provided a Christ-centered learning environment where children received both academic instruction and the daily care needed to succeed.Through $31,958 in program support, students received: Daily mealsSafe transportation to and from schoolSchool uniformsEmergency assistance for a family displaced during the rainy seasonOngoing teacher trainingParent education meetingsThese services removed barriers that often prevent children from attending school, allowing every student to learn in a stable, nurturing environment.Our impact went beyond academics. By meeting students physical, emotional, and educational needs, we helped children grow in confidence, discipline, and faith laying a foundation for lifelong learning and service.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 24; 24th 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: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -41.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $40K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.