Lucent Education Association

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Lucent Education Association is a non-profit online institution committed to offering theological courses, by offering US-based education at the cost people can afford.

Form 990-EZ Part III, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3441699) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990-EZ Part III · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2024 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990-EZ
The latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Named funders
1
named funder · $24
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$246K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
990-EZ Pt II · Ln 26
Revenue
$190K
-39% vs prior year
Net assets
$122K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$190K
FY2024▼ -39%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$82K
FY2021$132K
FY2022$137K
FY2023$311K
FY2024$190K
Net assets
$122K
FY2024▲ +25%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020−$81K
FY2021−$121K
FY2022−$218K
FY2023$98K
FY2024$122K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2015.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990-EZ.

990-EZ Part IV · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV
$0990-EZ Pt IV

Carlos Oliveira’s $66K as President & CEO is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · 990-EZ Part IV

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Carlos Oliveira$66,300$65,000$53—
Jose Carlos Duarte Oliveira———$33,885
Selma Oliveira—$20,000——
Selma Teles Oliveira——$10,000$20,000

Total reportable compensation (Form 990-EZ Part IV column (c) / 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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Programs and updates

Provides affordable online theological courses with US-based education.

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1 program · $207K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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760 new enrollments in 2023, reaching 15 countries. 151 students graduated in 2023.

Form 990-EZ Part III, lines 28–30, FY2023. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 47-3441699) · Dispute this line
$207Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$24

By the numbers

The FY2024 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$190K
Other income$190K
Owns and owes
$122K
net assets
Liabilities$246K
People
3
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$190K
Total revenue$190K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$246K
Net assets$122K
Operations
Employees0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 17, 2025 $190K$122K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $311K$240K$70K$98K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jun 5, 2023 $137K−$218K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 25, 2022 $132K−$121K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 18, 2021 $82K−$81K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support

Form 990 e-file FY2024 from the IRS (about our sources) · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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