2025-01-17T07:48:50-05:00 2024-06-30 990 2023-07-01 431853158 Lutheran Elementary School Association % Elizabeth F Gutberlet LUTH 3142000799 11123 South Towne Square Ste F Saint Louis MO 63123 Elizabeth Gutberlet Chief Executive Officer 2025-01-17 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Lutheran Elementary School Association Elizabeth F Gutberlet 11123 South Towne Square Ste F Saint Louis MO 63123 2018384 false X www.LESAstl.org X 1999 MO A Christ-centered resource for those who learn and teach in Lutheran schools in the St. Louis area. 12 12 5 200 0 0 794008 855356 0 0 274428 242324 774888 826491 1843324 1924171 622654 629698 0 0 388548 449276 0 0 119648 256067 298530 1267269 1377504 576055 546667 10166884 10869982 7911 26725 10158973 10843257 LESA equips Lutheran schools families and communities with resources to expand Gods Kingdom. false false 629698 629698 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 accessible to children from all faith ethnic and economic backgrounds. Roughly 11492 0 0 Produced and provided professional development programs for educators in member schools delivering roughly 1,846 hours of professional development programming to over 500 educators 11776 0 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 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. 582456 0 0 Provided services to schools to equip administrators educators and school staff with high quality resources to educate children. Services include joint marketing of member schools through various media platforms professional development to staff in areas of marketing and student retention and recruitment educator access to Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institute support to maintain National Lutheran School Accreditation providing development grants to schools for specific educator needs maintaining access of a natural gas aggregation program to provide fuel savings for member schools. 582456 0 0 1235422 true true false false false false false false false true true false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 5 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X X Elizabeth Gutberlet 3142000799 11123 South Towne Square Ste F St Louis MO 63123 X Alan Erdman Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Alan Vogt Vice Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jacquelyn Branneky Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jeff Schmitt Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Crumrine Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Eckrich Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Gruenwald Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Cathy Hohl Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dennis Kemper Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joanne Smith Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kip Starnes Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marilyn Brickler Board Emeritus 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ananda Baron Advisory Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Mel Sandfort Advisory Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 43101 323165 0 0 489090 0 855356 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242324 242324 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 323165 94213 -94213 0 -94213 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other activity 900099 920704 920704 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 920704 1924171 1163028 0 -94213 0 0 629698 629698 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 341544 276651 10246 54647 0 0 0 0 88500 71685 2655 14160 19232 15578 577 3077 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1008 817 30 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26790 21700 804 4286 4626 3747 139 740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6220 5038 187 995 6314 5114 189 1010 Investment Fees 82760 67036 2483 13242 Joint Marketing Expense 32321 26180 970 5171 Staff Development 17054 13814 512 2729 Professional Fees 31891 25832 957 5103 89546 72532 2685 14327 1377504 1235422 22434 119648 0 0 0 0 0 0 1021663 788134 55000 126775 6029 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32131 18143 13988 13988 8993469 9864200 0 0 0 0 0 0 76735 76885 10166884 10869982 869 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7042 26725 7911 26725 X 1175862 1150815 8983111 9692442 10158973 10843257 10166884 10869982 546667 137617 0 0 0 0 X X true X false false X 383446 857323 441063 403975 527143 2612950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 383446 857323 441063 403975 527143 2612950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2612950 214397 199088 326855 274248 242327 1256915 0 0 0 0 0 0 214397 199088 326855 274248 242327 1256915 0 0 0 0 0 0 335529 469171 545598 390033 323165 2063496 933372 1525582 1313516 1068256 1092635 5933361 0.4404 0.4834 0.2118 0.1946 X Part III - Line 12 | Year:, Amount:, Description:| 2019, 335529.0000, | 2020, 469171| 2021, 545598| 2022, 390033| 2023, 323165| RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 8993469 22800 1286945 0 450431 85208 9767575 8597502 39317 913860 0 477378 79832 8993469 10343691 163291 -1331543 0 486806 91131 8597502 7933791 1001943 2434722 0 942292 84473 10343691 8128233 114931 194431 0 428300 75494 7933791 0 0 0 true false 32131 18143 13988 13988 payroll liabilites -2416 state withholding taxes 91 pledge deferred revenue 29050 26725 Part I to XII | PartandLinenumber:,Explanation:| Part V Line 4,TO PROVIDE FUTURE FUNDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CHILDREN AT LUTHERAN SCHOOLS.| Part X Line 2,The Association is exempt from income taxes pursuant to section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Service Code. Therefore no provision is made for taxes on income. The Association adopted the provisions of Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes on July 1 2010. The adoption of that guidance resulted in no change to the financial statements for prior periods. As of June 30 2024 no amounts have been recognized for uncertain tax positions. The Associations tax returns filed prior to 2020 are now closed.| Auction 190811 190811 0 0 0 0 0 0 34084 Brew in the Lou 132353 132353 0 0 0 0 0 0 39897 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 323164 323164 0 0 0 0 0 0 73981 73981 -73981 LESAs Scholarship Fund 664 566748 0 other none Missouri District Scholarship Fund 104 30000 0 other none Christian Friends of New Americans 11 10000 0 other none Part III Line 0 Column (b) The LESA Scholarship Award Committee reviews scholarship applications and awards to students eligible based on approved criteria. Part III Line 1 Column (b) The LESA Scholarship Award Committee reviews scholarship applications and awards to students eligible based on approved criteria. Part III Line 2 Column (b) Christian Friends of New Americans approves scholarships to award recipients based on their criteria of eligibility. LESA administers the funds for this program. Part I Line 2 The LESA Scholarship Fund offers need-based financial assistance to children from economically disadvantaged families who wish to attend Lutheran elementary schools in the St. Louis region. Eligible families fill out the family scholarship application online. LESAs Board of Directors reviews the submitted applications and LESA notifies the school administrator and families of the award. Part VI, Line 12c Board members staff and volunteers are required to sign a conflict of interest policy annually. Part VI, Line 15 In December the Board Chair and CEO meet to review employee job descriptions and performance reviews. The Board Chair presents the information to the Boards Executive Committee for a recommendation for upcoming salary adjustments. The Board Chair presents the information at the December Board of Directors meeting where they discuss the information and a decision for salary adjustment and job description updates are approved. Part VI, Line 19 The agency keeps both a hard copy and digital copy of each required document. Copies can be viewed on the organizations website or provided free of charge for individual requests. Part XII, Line 2c An accountant performed a financial review instead of a financial audit for the fiscal year. The Board of Directors approved the change at a meeting prior to the end of the fiscal year. Part VI Line 11 | Explanation:| The annual audit and Form 990 are both distributed to each member of the Board of Directors at a regular meeting of the Board. Members then review the material and ask questions before the 990 is filed.