Nonprofit · EIN 41-2032088
LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · LINCOLN, NE 68504
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,490,046 | $811,635 | $678,411 | $4,922,212 | $4,482 | $4,917,730 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,584,137 | $1,387,888 | $196,249 | $4,246,455 | $7,136 | $4,239,319 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $2,386,603 | $2,302,721 | $83,882 | $3,478,549 | $16,760 | $3,461,789 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,392,211
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $97,835
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $623,007
- Other salaries and wages
- $96,177
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $96,177
- Professional fundraising fees
- $51,661
- Program services (functional)
- $623,007
- Management and general (functional)
- $136,967
- Fundraising (functional)
- $51,661
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,246,455
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,922,212
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $4,482
- Net assets, end of year
- $4,917,730
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,911,224
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $386,426
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,531,304
- Gross receipts
- $1,490,046
- Employees
- 0
- Year formed
- 1978
- State of legal domicile
- NE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAN MASTERS | CHIEF ADV. O Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| KEVIN MEYER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RON KUEHN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TRAVIS LEBO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KYLE WOOSTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CORY BERGT | CAMPAIGN CO- Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MIKE STAAB | CAMPAIGN CO- Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DENNIS BRINK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KERI CHAMBERS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE LUEBBE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATHAN SCHMIDT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TRUDY MEYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL MILLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAN MOORE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA MUELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
4 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JASON SCHWAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROD SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEREK TRUTNA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIRANDA WATSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEVIN MEYER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RON KUEHN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TRAVIS LEBO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| KYLE WOOSTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SCOTT ERNSTMEYER | CEO Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| KERI CHAMBERS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA MUELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE STAAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DEREK TRUTNA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ROD SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS BRINK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATHAN SCHMIDT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON SCHWAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CORY BERGT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE LUEBBE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAN MOORE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL MILLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIRANDA WATSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TRUDY MEYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KERI CHAMBERS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ANDREA MUELLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 21 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEREK TRUTNA | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KEVIN MEYER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| ROD SMITH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KYLE WOOSTER | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| SCOTT ERNSTMEYER | EXECUTIVE DI Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $0 |
| DARYL BELL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DENNIS BRINK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RON KUEHN | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| TRAVIS LEBO | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| NATHAN SCHMIDT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON SCHWAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE STAAB | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CORY BERGT | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| COREY STULL | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE LUEBBE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAN MOORE | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BILL MILLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIRANDA WATSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMANDA HEINS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TRUDY MEYER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WAYNE WAGNITZ | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1100 N 56TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68504-3251
- In care of
- % DR GARY N HAMMACK
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAN MASTERS, 1100 N 56TH ST, LINCOLN, NE 68504
- Signed the 990
- DAN MASTERS, CHIEF ADV. OFFICER
- Phone
- (402) 467-5404
- Website
- WWW.LINCOLNLUTHERAN.ORG/
- Return prepared by
- WATTS & HERSHBERGER PC
Mission
FOSTER AND SUPPORT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
Program accomplishments
- PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHRISTIAN EDUCATIONExpenses $623,007 · grants $623,007
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 41-2032088
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2002
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,922,212
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,490,046
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,490,046 | $811,635 | $4,922,212 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,584,137 | $1,387,888 | $4,246,455 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,386,603 | $2,302,721 | $3,478,549 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,735,103 | $1,351,112 | $3,159,073 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-2032088).
Questions about LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION is 41-2032088.
- Is LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2002.
- Are donations to LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DAN MASTERS.
- Who are the officers and directors of LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
- How much revenue does LUTHERAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,490,046, expenses of $811,635 and total assets of $4,922,212 at year end.
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