Lutheran Elementary School Association

Analysis

Lutheran Elementary School Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint Louis, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Lutheran Elementary School Association reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.3m, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.4m to $1.8m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Lutheran Elementary School Association sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Iit Delhi Endowment Fund US ($1.8m), Tech901 ($1.8m) and Brookview School a Montessori Community House of Children ($1.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 43% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $299k. At year end it held assets of $10.2m against liabilities of $7,911, net assets of $10.2m. It reported 5 employees.