Lutheran Care Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 371072628
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Altamont, IL, United States
- Phone
- 618-483-6136
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nursing, Convalescent Facilities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,331,362
- Expenses
- $5,421,611
- Assets
- $4,082,143
- Liabilities
- $1,525,052
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
37 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF STREMMING (PRESIDENT)
- GARRETT ZIEGLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- EMILY MILLER (ADMINISTRATOR/CFO): $129,658 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
It is the mission of Lutheran Care Center to promote the health and well being of the people in the communities that we serve. Twenty Lutheran churches own and support Lutheran Care Center. There is a Board of Directors that is formed by members of the 20 congregations to conduct and oversee the business and affairs of the corporation. The Board consists of two directors per each Lutheran congregation as well as the pastor from each church. An executive committee is chosen from these elected members. On the executive committee is a nominated President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and five executive directors. The executive committee meets monthly, the full board meets quarterly, and the member congregations meet annually. The current board members are: [box_end] Board of Directors.
What it reported doing in 2024
Lutheran care center kids enrichment center - provides year-round high quality child care services for children ages six weeks to twelve years. The licensed child care center blends childcare and education. Each day, children are offered a stimulating environment with an array of developmentally appropriate learning experiences with their age, abilities and interests in mind.our teachers and staff are devoted to forming a strong relationship with you to ensure the best possible experience for your child. Our qualified teachers provide daily communication with families and seek to understand the unique needs to each child. Our low teacher to student ratio allows the teacher to focus on individual learning needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - 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: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.7%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- 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: 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: NotApplicable
- 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: -1.7%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th 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: 88.7% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 32 of 32 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 37 people listed
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.