Michigan · Nonprofit
LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,408,000 to it, the largest being ORVILLE D & RUTH A MERILLAT FOUNDATION ($19,883,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.5M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Lenawee Christian Ministries does
Mission
Lenawee Christian Ministries operates as a public charity and is the parent organization that supports the mission of lenawee christian school and the christian family centre.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lenawee christian schools (lcs) exists in partnership with the family and the church to integrate biblical truth for life with a commitment of glorifying jesus christ through academic excellence and spiritual maturity. Lcs is a separate nonprofit corporation which has been recognized as an exempt organization by the internal revenue service under code section 501 (c)(3) and classified as a public charity under code section 509(a)(1) by virtue of code section 170(b)(1)(a)(ii). Lenawee Christian Ministries is the sole member of lcs and acts to coordinate and supervise all school programs, projects, and activities.
$2,806,793 spentof which $101,018 as grants57% of program spendingThe centre ministries exist to serve lenawee county, michigan and surrounding communities by providing a world-class choice for physical, social, and spiritual wellness with jesus christ being the center. The programs and activities at the centre facility contribute importantly to the achievement of Lenawee Christian Ministries (lcm) charitable and educational purposes by instructing and training individuals to improve or develop their capabilities and by promoting and benefiting the general health of communities served by lcm. During the current fiscal year, the centre facilty offered a number of activities, including racquetball, volleyball, swimming, and a wide range of outdoor field games to assist and supplement the educational function and related extracurricular activities of lcs during and after normal school hours. The centre facilities are also available for theater productions and plays, lectures and gymnasium activities. The centre facility offers a wide range of programs, seminars, and concerts emphasizing family values and classes on exercise, fitness, and wellness including customized fitness classes for seniors and access to health and wellness education seminars.…
$2,083,090 spent$1,386,796 earned by the program43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,889,883.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $17M to $19M (+15%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 12% · 2022 9% · 2023 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Dr Todd Marshall
CEO
Board chair
Dr Sherilyn Emberton
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $430k → $4.0M.
Left out of every figure on this page: $220k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Lenawee Christian School). These are real filings, and they are not money LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES raised.
From the IRS filings of LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES’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
LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% · 2022 82% · 2023 87% — 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 LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Lenawee Christian School · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES?
- LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,408,000 to it, the largest being ORVILLE D & RUTH A MERILLAT FOUNDATION ($19,883,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $23,408,000 in grants to LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES?
- ORVILLE D & RUTH A MERILLAT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $19,883,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LENAWEE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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