California · Nonprofit
LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,231 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($28,698). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $436k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Lakewood Christian Schools Foundation does
Mission
Strengthen the academic community of Lakewood Christian Schools
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gave Lakewood Christian Schools funds for a new shade structure for the playground and new play area for Preschool.
$54,137 spentof which $222,931 as grants$199,990 earned by the program11% of program spendingGave Lakewood Christian Schools funds for LCS Staff gifts, benevolence for existing families and schoolships for existing students
$13,458 spentof which $70,000 as grants$86,258 earned by the program3% of program spendingGave Lakewood Christian Schools funds for new equipment for our Electives (STEM, Art Class, and Physical Education classes) which included new art supplies, new instruments for the band, STEM supplies, and new equipment for PE.
$10,332 spentof which $20,000 as grants$35,760 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$432,745 spent85% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $510,672.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $152k to $77k (−49%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
76% of LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
David Posthuma
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $23k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 76% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,231 to it, the largest being MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($28,698). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,231 in grants to LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION?
- MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $28,698 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAKEWOOD CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing