Lutheran Elementary School Associa… - Form 990 Financial Data

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1999

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Elizabeth F Gutberlet

Phone

3142000799

Tax Period

2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30

Lutheran Elementary School Association, founded in 1999, is a community nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $1.4M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue fell 25% from the prior year — a significant decline worth monitoring. Net assets of $11.5M represent 96 months of operating reserves.

Mission

LESA equips Lutheran schools families and communities with resources to expand Gods Kingdom.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1

Expenses: $641,838 Revenue: $0

Need based tuition assistance representing a meaningful portion of the family tuition responsibility is awarded to make Lutheran Elementary School education in the St. Louis metro community...

Need based tuition assistance representing a meaningful portion of the family tuition responsibility is awarded to make Lutheran Elementary School education in the St. Louis metro community accessible to children from all faith ethnic and economic backgrounds.

Program 2

Expenses: $16,382 Revenue: $0

Produced and provided professional development programs for educators in member schools delivering roughly 1,900 hours of professional development programming to over 500 educators.

Program 3

Expenses: $7,665 Revenue: $0

Provided STEM instructional materials to schools to introduce students at every grade level to robotics coding and other STEM skills. LESAs LEGO Lending Library includes roughly 100 kits including...

Provided STEM instructional materials to schools to introduce students at every grade level to robotics coding and other STEM skills. LESAs LEGO Lending Library includes roughly 100 kits including Coding Express and STEAM Park Spike Essentials and Spike Prime appropriate for students from Early Childhood through grade eight. LESAs program allows member schools teachers to access kits on a rotating basis helping them to provide hands-on high quality coding engineering and robotics instruction to students aged 2 - 14 years.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $872,671

Program Service Revenue $0

Investment Income $262,312

Other Revenue $300,248

TOTAL REVENUE $1,435,231

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $641,838

Salaries & Benefits $452,789

Fundraising Expenses $222,838

Program Expenses $1,100,262

Other Expenses $298,109

TOTAL EXPENSES $1,392,736

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$1,435,231	$1,924,171	-0.3%
Expenses	$1,392,736	$1,377,504	+0.0%
Net Income	$42,495	$546,667	-0.9%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✓ Grants to Individuals ✗ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

Volunteers

N/A

Governance Policies

✗ Conflict of Interest Policy

✗ Whistleblower Policy

✗ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✗ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

✗ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✗ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✗ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

Total Directors

Key Employees

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Alan Erdman	Chair	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Alan Vogt	Vice Chair	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Jackie Branneky	Treasurer	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
Jeff Schmitt	Secretary	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
John Crumrine	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jim Eckrich	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
David Gruenwald	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Cathy Hohl	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Dennis Kemper	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Joanne Smith	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Kip Starnes	Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Marilyn Brickler	Board Emeritus	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Ananda Baron	Advisory Director	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Elizabeth Gutberlet	CEO	40.00	Highest	$118,500	$0	$118,500

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$1,435,231	$1,392,736	$11,467,742	$42,495
2024	$1,924,171	$1,377,504	$10,869,982	$546,667
2023	$1,843,324	$1,267,269	$10,166,884	$576,055
2022	$1,463,339	$1,222,746	$9,756,082	$240,593
2021	$2,455,826	$1,099,170	$11,417,230	$1,356,656

Lutheran Elementary School Association