Indiana · Nonprofit
LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO
LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $196,343 to it, the largest being MADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($196,277). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $44k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $196k
- Net assets
- $21k
What LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO does
Mission
The PTO supports the Lapel Elementary and Middle School's vision and serves to enhance the educational and social environment of the school through effective activities and communications designed to support academic and financial goals. The PTO shares the mission of Lapel Elementary and Middle School to meet the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional needs of all students. The purpose of the PTO is to enhance and support the educational experience at Lapel Elementary and Middle School, to develop a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parental involvement, and to improve the environment at Lapel Elementary and Middle School through volunteer and financial support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Foster excitement and involvement through provision of community and school events. Provided and/or contributed to events for students, families, and the community including Boys' Night Out, Girls' Night Dance, bounce house party, and community festivals. Provided free on-site childcare for monthly PTO meetings to remove barriers that otherwise may impede parents' ability to participate in parent/teacher organization planning.
$14,389 spent31% of program spendingThe organization's program service expenses were incurred to further its exempt purpose of supporting the educational experience of students at Lapel elementary and middle school. Funds were used to purchase classroom and curricular materials, instructional resources, and other educational supplies in response to requests from teachers and school administration. These expenditures directly benefited students and supported school programs that enhance the educational environment and the school community.
$16,814 spent36% of program spendingThe organization incurred program service expenses to recognize and support teachers and school staff as part of its exempt purpose of enhancing the educational environment. Expenditures included appreciation activities, meals, and modest tokens of recognition intended to promote staff morale, retention, and engagement. These activities supported the school community by fostering a positive and effective learning environment for students.
$15,914 spent34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,117.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $30k to $21k (−32%).
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 LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $96k → $66.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO’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
LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 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
100% of LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $50 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Indiana, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $196k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO's revenue fell 23% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO
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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO?
- LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO (Indiana) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $196,343 to it, the largest being MADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($196,277). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $196,343 in grants to LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO?
- MADISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $196,277 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAPEL ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL PTO aka LAPEL PTO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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