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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,083,689
Total expenses
$1,206,428
Contributions and grants received
$1,003,233
Grants paid
$9,099
Program service revenue
$77,582
Investment income
$2,838
Other revenue
$36
Total assets, end of year
$1,480,713
Total liabilities, end of year
$486
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,480,227
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$950,608
Management and general expenses
$214,453
Fundraising expenses
$41,367
Program service expenses (Part III)
$950,608

Program services were 78.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $25,253

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,233

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $975,747

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $77,582 · related or exempt $77,582

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,838 · excluded $2,838

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,000

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $655

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,345

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,345 · excluded $2,345

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $25,253

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $2,585

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$2,585 · excluded -$2,585

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC. INCOME

    total $276 · excluded $276

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $276

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,635 · program services $4,635

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $4,464 · program services $4,464

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $72,125 · program services $14,425 · management and general $28,850 · fundraising $28,850

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $742,184 · program services $697,653 · management and general $44,531

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,768 · program services $11,840 · management and general $1,377 · fundraising $551

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,502 · program services $1,502

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $61,985 · program services $53,307 · management and general $6,199 · fundraising $2,479

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,839 · management and general $24,839

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $20,140 · program services $6,120 · management and general $14,020

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,487 · fundraising $9,487

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,203 · management and general $14,203

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,855 · program services $8,855

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,072 · program services $58,072

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,104 · program services $3,104

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,670 · program services $1,670

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $65,806 · management and general $65,806

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,462 · program services $3,160 · management and general $9,302

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS

    total $34,782 · program services $34,782

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES

    total $25,016 · program services $25,016

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMEN

    total $11,433 · program services $11,433

  • 24d · Other expenses: STUDENT LUNCHES

    total $7,599 · program services $7,599

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,297 · program services $2,971 · management and general $5,326

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $179,134 · end of year $53,371

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $54,252 · end of year $82,091

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,835,796

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $490,545

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,385,717 · end of year $1,345,251

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $16,137 · end of year $486

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,602,966 · end of year $1,480,227

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL IS SPECIFICALLY ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE A CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION TO ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION. TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST AND EQUIPS CHILDREN TO SERVE GOD, PEOPLE, AND GOD'S CREATION TO THEIR FULLEST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL IS SPECIFICALLY ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE A CHRIST-CENTERED EDUCATION TO ALL CHILDREN'S REGARDLESS OF THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION. TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST AND EQUIPS CHILDREN TO SERVE GOD, PEOPLE, AND GOD'S CREATION TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.

  • TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL SERVED STUDENTS CONSISTING OF EUROPEAN, LATINO, AND 31 AFRICAN ROOTS. MOST OF THE STUDENTS COME FROM "BELOW THE NATIONAL POVERTY LEVEL" FAMILIES.

    Expenses $950,608 · Grants $9,099 · Revenue $77,582

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adam Sterenberg

    PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $67,624
    From this org
    $67,624
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Zach Terrell

    FINANACE COMMITTEE CHAIR &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Albers

    BOARD CHAIR, SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yolanda Stewart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • TREE OF LIFE HOLDING LLC

    REAL ESTATE · MI · assets $1,324,125

    Directly controlled by TREE OF LIFE SCHOOL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630769349301103

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