Cornerstone Christian School

Albion, INUnknown exempt organizationEIN 61-1976341Revenue $36K in FY2025

On file with the IRScornerstone-christian-school.o4304 S Oak St · Albion, IN

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Established for the religious education of students in grades k-12

100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 13 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $22K a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$36K
-83% vs prior year
Spent
$173K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$36K
FY2025▼ -83%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$112K
FY2021$252K
FY2022$215K
FY2023$218K
FY2024$206K
FY2025$36K
Expenses
$173K
FY2025▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021$210K
FY2022$221K
FY2023$225K
FY2024$209K
FY2025$173K
Net assets
$0
FY2025▼ -100%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$63K
FY2021$171K
FY2022$165K
FY2023$158K
FY2024$155K
FY2025$0

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $173K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Director/Princ
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Adam Nelson$23,323$20,000$20,000$5,385
Joyce Gilbert—$9,000$6,923—

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides religious education for K-12 students.

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1 program · $173K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Completed course work for school year

$173Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 1 grant · $43K · 2025–2025

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$36K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$550
Investment incomeLn 3$401
Money outPt IX
$173K
Ln 25
Programscol B$173K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$35K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$550
Investment incomeLn 3$401
Total revenueLn 12$36K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 513
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Total assetsLn 16$156K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$941$0
Net assetsLn 32$155K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$43K$43K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$2K$2K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$100K$100K
Accounting feesLn 11c$700$700
Office expensesLn 13$3K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$16K$16K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$173K$173K$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $36K$173K−$137K$0 990 PDF
FY2024 $206K$209K−$3K$155K 990 PDF
FY2023 $218K$225K−$7K$158K 990 PDF
FY2022 $215K$221K−$6K$165K 990 PDF
FY2021 $252K$210K$41K$171K 990 PDF
FY2020 $112K$63K 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 $35,989 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $65,669$35,038
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $139,508$550
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,102$401
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $206,279$35,989
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $800$45,178
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $146,808$99,653
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $61,665$27,807
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $209,273$172,638
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,994−$136,649
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $35,989 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$21,966
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$35,038
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $550$550
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $401$401
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $951$35,989
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $172,638 across 8 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $43,400$43,400
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,778$1,778
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $99,653$99,653
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $700$700
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,146$3,146
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $15,723$15,723
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,569$1,569
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $6,669$6,669
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $172,638 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$172,638
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $155,806$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $941$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $154,865$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $155,806$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$35,989
XI-2 Total expenses$172,638
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$136,649
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$154,865
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$18,216
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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