Lindenwood Education System

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Saint Charles, MO501(c)(3)Since 1832Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 43-0652649Revenue $229.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSlesystem.org209 S Kingshighway St, 63301-1693 · Saint Charles, MOTax-exempt since Jul 1981School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Real experience. Real success.enhancing lives through quality Education and professional preparatory experiences. See schedule o.values:we put our students first. We have an unwavering commitment to providing the highest quality Education, service, and experience by connecting with our students at every interaction in their educational journey and beyond.we thrive together. As team members, we foster a community founded on collaboration, authenticity, support, and understanding.we DO what is right. We work hard and hold ourselves accountable for our decisions, actions, and words.we have grit. We relentlessly pursue innovation, adaptability, and continuous learning, even in the presence of challenges.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 336 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $17.7M a year · 11% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$4.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 68% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$245.6M
40% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 40% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$229.7M
+39% vs prior year
Spent
$228.4M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$368.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$229.7M
FY2025▲ +39%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$153.8M
FY2021$128.4M
FY2022$159.2M
FY2023$137.7M
FY2024$165.5M
FY2025$229.7M
Expenses
$228.4M
FY2025▲ +24%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$175.9M
FY2021$151.1M
FY2022$168.9M
FY2023$172.1M
FY2024$184.3M
FY2025$228.4M
Net assets
$368.3M
FY2025▼ -1.0%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$428.0M
FY2021$447.3M
FY2022$410.4M
FY2023$387.7M
FY2024$371.9M
FY2025$368.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 1981.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $187.8M Management & general 17% · $39.0M Fundraising 1% · $1.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

32 people listed on the 990; $4.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President, Chief Executive Officer
$838,750Pt VII · Sec A
Senior VP, Chief Legal Officer
$448,645Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$342,311Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Vice President, HR
$293,551Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Enrollment
$263,827Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Vice President, Operations
$259,512Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Advancement and Community Eng.
$239,595Pt VII · Sec A
Interim Provost/VP, Academic Affairs
$233,404Pt VII · Sec A

John Porter’s $839K as President, Chief Executive Officer is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Porter$838,750$722,569$587,694$504,259$464,674$207,337
Michael Shonrock—————$762,723
Mark Falkowski$448,645$367,925$255,241$211,771$135,889—
Joe Sallustio$150,390$423,344$258,691———
John Kaufhold$342,311$278,551————
Deb Ayres$293,551$266,415$242,328$226,376$221,177$219,267
Rob Westervelt$263,827$285,845$226,246$221,849——
Terry Whittum———$274,515$252,452$234,423

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Provides career-focused beauty and cosmetology education, offering certificate and associate degree programs that prepare students for professional opportunities in the beauty industry.

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3 programs · $187.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

See Schedule Olindenwood University

Instructional and library - faculty, library and curriculum expense for students earning an undergraduate, graduate, education specialist, and doctoral degrees serving approximately 6,078 full-time equivalent students as of the fiscal year ended 6/30/2025. Approximately 10,325 students were served.

$129.9Mprogram expense
02

See schedule olindenwood education system, ancora division, provides career training in the areas of business, technical, skilled trades, information technology, allied health professions, practical nursing, and commercial diver training.

$54.5Mprogram expense
03

See schedule odorsey school of beauty is committed to providing quality career education and positive reinforcement to enable the development of self-esteem, self-reliance, professionalism and confidence in all students coupled with an obligation to support the diverse communities in which they live and work.

$3.4Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $197.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$37,466,255
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,010
Unitemized GrantFY2023$35,344,468
Unitemized GrantFY2022$32,161,772
Unitemized GrantFY2021$31,734,902
Unitemized GrantFY2020$30,115,859
Unitemized GrantFY2019$30,531,566

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$229.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$196.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$27.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.4M
Money outPt IX
$228.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$187.8M
Managementcol C$39.0M
Fundraisingcol D$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$368.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$20.8M
Total assetsLn 16$613.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$245.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A16
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$728K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$455K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$258K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$196.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$27.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.4M
Gains on assetsLn 7$11.4M
Total revenueLn 12$229.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.1M
SavingsLn 2$17.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$20.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$163.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$200.7M
Other assetsLn 15$69.7M
Total assetsLn 16$613.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$245.6M
Net assetsLn 32$368.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 6336
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$7.5M$20.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$164.6M$163.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$197.8M$200.7M
Total assetsLn 16$392.9M$613.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.0M$245.6M
Net assetsLn 32$371.9M$368.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$37.5M$37.5M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$4.2M$4.2M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$4.0M$746K$2.6M$654K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$75.2M$65.7M$9.0M$454K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.0M$1.6M$422K$26K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$7.6M$7.5M$79K$47K
Payroll taxesLn 10$5.8M$4.5M$1.3M$72K
Legal feesLn 11b$1.4M$1.4M
Accounting feesLn 11c$385K$25K$361K
Investment management feesLn 11f$385K$385K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$10.5M$8.5M$1.9M$109K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9.6M$2.2M$7.3M$42K
Office expensesLn 13$1.5M$1.3M$249K$40K
Information technologyLn 14$5.8M$4.4M$1.4M
OccupancyLn 16$5.0M$4.7M$335K$33K
TravelLn 17$1.2M$846K$301K$17K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$69K$56K$13K
InterestLn 20$2.0M$80K$2.0M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13.8M$12.2M$1.6M
InsuranceLn 23$2.3M$374K$1.9M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$22.0M$20.5M$1.5M
All other expensesLn 24e$16.1M$11.1M$5.0M$75K
Total functional expensesLn 25$228.4M$187.8M$39.0M$1.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $229.7M$228.4M$1.3M$368.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $165.5M$184.3M−$18.8M$371.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $137.7M$172.1M−$34.4M$387.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $159.2M$168.9M−$9.7M$410.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $128.4M$151.1M−$22.7M$447.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $153.8M$175.9M−$22.1M$428.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $229,713,569 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,467,143$2,989,565
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $140,123,297$196,189,237
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,258,875$27,180,820
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,606,484$3,353,947
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $165,455,799$229,713,569
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $40,160,098$41,665,076
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $72,168,890$94,606,067
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $71,947,468$92,154,513
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $184,276,456$228,425,656
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$18,820,657$1,287,913
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $229,713,569 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $2,136,112 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$20,000
VIII-1c Fundraising events$258,306
VIII-1e Government grants$727,842
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,983,417
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$454,975
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,989,565
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $196,189,237$196,189,237
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15,781,819$15,781,819
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $1,344,845$1,344,845
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $11,399,001$11,399,001
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$127,010−$127,010
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $198,264,245 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,459,759$229,713,569
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $228,425,656 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $37,478,265$37,478,265
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $4,186,811$4,186,811
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $745,607 · Management $2,589,735 · Fundraising $653,657$3,988,999
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $65,738,472 · Management $8,985,186 · Fundraising $454,239$75,177,897
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,552,776 · Management $422,043 · Fundraising $25,660$2,000,479
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,472,854 · Management $79,104 · Fundraising $47,360$7,599,318
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $4,504,492 · Management $1,262,683 · Fundraising $72,199$5,839,374
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,357,454$1,357,454
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $24,600 · Management $360,844$385,444
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $385,408$385,408
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,538,337 · Management $1,884,823 · Fundraising $109,015$10,532,175
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,180,069 · Management $7,340,254 · Fundraising $41,821$9,562,144
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,260,760 · Management $248,762 · Fundraising $39,665$1,549,187
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,397,172 · Management $1,358,929$5,756,101
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,660,971 · Management $335,137 · Fundraising $33,331$5,029,439
IX-17 TravelPrograms $845,555 · Management $300,663 · Fundraising $16,696$1,162,914
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $56,391 · Management $12,682$69,073
IX-20 InterestPrograms $79,841 · Management $1,969,312$2,049,153
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $12,194,066 · Management $1,649,685$13,843,751
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $374,194 · Management $1,917,399$2,291,593
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $20,507,058 · Management $1,527,781$22,034,839
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $11,051,089 · Management $5,019,537 · Fundraising $75,212$16,145,838
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $187,849,380 · Management $39,007,421 · Fundraising $1,568,855$228,425,656
Part X · Balance sheet $613,837,044 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,027,652; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $7,498,585$3,147,349
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$17,619,721
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,586,905$2,998,855
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $6,438,507$13,415,142
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,542,177$7,172,179
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $197,805,349$200,681,726
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $161,125,617$159,815,281
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $3,458,069$3,643,906
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $2,557,712$133,594,692
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,798,006$69,720,541
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $392,886,668$613,837,044
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $11,412,846$26,171,790
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,816,055$15,643,970
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $5,750,917$69,582,487
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $20,979,818$245,556,994
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $344,352,229$345,277,120
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $27,554,621$23,002,930
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $371,906,850$368,280,050
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $392,886,668$613,837,044
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $368,280,050 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$229,713,569
XI-2 Total expenses$228,425,656
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,287,913
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$371,906,850
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$4,907,846
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$6,867
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$368,280,050

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