Nordonia Hills Schools Scholarship Granting Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922756655
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Northfield Center, OH, USA
Phone
2165369357
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$321,766
Expenses
$230,546
Assets
$355,284
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAYLE LAHRMER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHAD LAHRMER (TREASURER)
  • LESLIE LAHRMER (SECRETARY)
  • DAYLE LAHRMER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation's mission statement shall be to: 1) primarily award academic scholarships for students in grade kindergarten, to attend the nordonia hills city school district in northfield, oh, with prioritazation of awarding academic scholarships to low-income students, as those terms may now or in the future be defined under sgo laws; and 2) primarily award academic scholarships to pay the tuition for any consumable fees and participation fees for students in grades kindergarten through 12 who attend the nordonia hills city school district, with prioritazation of awarding academic scholarships to low-income students, as permitted by sgo laws; and 3) benefit and support the charitable purposes and activities of the nordonia hills city school district by and through its granting of scholarships with priority to low-income students who attend the school pursuant to sgo laws.

What it reported doing in 2025

Granted scholarships for fifty-eight students to attend all-day kindergarten in the nordonia hills city school district at half or no cost to their families. One hundred-thirty students received a cost reduction in their kindergarten tuition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.1%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.54; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 79.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 62% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 64.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.1% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $222K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.