Nonprofit · EIN 34-1196802
OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC
Tax-exempt · ELYRIA, OH 44035
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $12,244,882 | $8,309,891 | $3,934,991 | $15,991,212 | $1,280,228 | $14,710,984 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $9,267,078 | $7,590,312 | $1,676,766 | $12,454,724 | $1,678,731 | $10,775,993 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $14,172,334 | $6,810,197 | $7,362,137 | $10,308,672 | $1,209,445 | $9,099,227 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $4,266,768
- Program service revenue
- $7,601,368
- Investment income
- $249,491
- Net income from fundraising events
- $127,255
- Other revenue
- $127,255
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $322,741
- Other salaries and wages
- $4,076,695
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $5,624,425
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $7,100
- Occupancy
- $564,877
- Travel
- $117,620
- Depreciation
- $290,923
- Program services (functional)
- $6,666,345
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,283,569
- Fundraising (functional)
- $359,977
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $12,454,724
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,991,212
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,280,228
- Net assets, end of year
- $14,710,984
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $7,844,795
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $9,617,210
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,093,774
- Gross receipts
- $12,267,718
- Employees
- 162
- Volunteers
- 175
- Year formed
- 1976
- State of legal domicile
- OH
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER DANIEL | PRESIDENT Officer | 55 | $124,457 | $49,355 |
| SUSAN SCHRODT | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Officer | 58 | $111,886 | $14,052 |
| KEVIN FORD | DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Highest-paid employee | 50 | $109,660 | $13,403 |
| JOEL BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $2,795 | $4,500 |
| JONATHAN ABDUL | BOARD PASTOR'S REP & SECRE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $4,476 |
| ROBERT BROOKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $1,259 |
| SCOTT GIESBRECHT | BOARD CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN GEVRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| TODD WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE FLINNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN HOPKINS | BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVE ECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMANDA REASER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GEISSBAUER | BOARD PASTOR'S REP Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JESSIE PIPER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERIN HEPNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MATT WOODS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER DANIEL | PRESIDENT Officer | 55 | $95,893 | $53,632 |
| SUSAN SCHRODT | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Officer | 58 | $101,470 | $10,523 |
| JOEL BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $2,795 | $4,372 |
| ROBERT BROOKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $4,220 |
| JONATHAN ABDUL | BOARD PASTOR'S REP & SECRETARY Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $2,497 |
| DAVE ECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $2,469 | $0 |
| SCOTT GIESBRECHT | BOARD CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY MCCLAIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN GEVRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| TODD WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE FLINNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN HOPKINS | BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| AMANDA REASER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GEISSBAUER | BOARD PASTOR'S REP Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER DANIEL | PRESIDENT Officer | 55 | $93,966 | $24,167 |
| SUSAN SCHRODT | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Officer | 54 | $93,246 | $17,470 |
| JOEL BAKER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $2,795 | $6,000 |
| JONATHAN ABDUL | BOARD PASTOR'S REP AND BOARD SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $6,218 |
| DAVE ECK | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 5 | $3,969 | $1,500 |
| ROBERT BROOKS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $1,452 | $2,284 |
| TODD WRIGHT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 3 | $1,500 | $0 |
| SCOTT GIESBRECHT | BOARD CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNY MCCLAIN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN GEVRY | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOE FLINNER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 | $0 |
| KEVIN HOPKINS | BOARD VICE CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| AMANDA REASER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK GEISSBAUER | BOARD PASTOR'S REP Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 8287 W RIDGE RD, ELYRIA, OH 44035-4466
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DENVER DANIEL, 8287 W RIDGE RD, ELYRIA, OH 44035
- Signed the 990
- DENVER DANIEL, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (440) 322-6386
- Website
- WWW.ODCS.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CARD PALMER SIBBISON & CO
Mission
AS A SCHOOL DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE FOR HIS KINGDOM, THE MISSION IS EQUIPPING DISCIPLES THROUGH EXEMPLARY EDUCATION.
Program accomplishments
- OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (ODCS) IS A PREMIER CO-EDUCATIONAL, COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL SERVING CHRISTIAN FAMILIES IN NORTHERN OHIO. ODCS IS THE LARGEST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND TOLEDO, DRAWING MANY STUDENTS FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES AND DENOMINATIONS. ODCS EMBRACES ITS MISSION OF "EQUIPPING DISCIPLES THROUGH EXEMPLARY EDUCATION." IN THIS MISSION, ODCS IS IDENTITIFIED AS A DISCIPLESHIP-BASED MINISTRY THAT FOCUSES ON MAKING CHRIST KNOWN THROUGHOUT EVERY TOUCHPOINT OF A STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE. THIS MISSION IS CARRIED OUT IN A CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FOCUSED ON EDUCATING THE WHOLE STUDENT: SPIRITUALLY, ACADEMICALLY, ATHLETICALLY, ARTISTICALLY, AND IN SERVICE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE LORD NEEDS SPACE TO MOVE IN STUDENTS' LIVES, AS TRANSFORMATION ONLY OCCURS WITH HIS PRESENCE AND BLESSING. GOD HAS COMMISSIONED ODCS TO MAKE DISCIPLES OF ITS STUDENTS. THEREFORE, EFFORTS FOCUS ON CREATING AND ALIGNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MEET, GROW AND KNOW JESUS THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATION. TO FURTHER DEFINE THE MISSION, ODCS COMMITS TO SEVEN SHARED VALUES THAT SERVE TO GUIDE EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE ODCS CONTINUALLY PLACES CHRIST AT THE CENTER OF INSTRUCTION AND STUDENTS ARE BEING TRAINED TO BE WELL-FORMED DISCIPLES OF HIM. ODCS'S FOUR PATRIOT PRINCIPLES SERVE TO CAPTURE THE SHARED VALUES OF ODCS IN A MANNER THAT CAN BE REMEMBERED BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS. THERE WERE 807 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN PRESCHOOL, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.Expenses $6,666,345 · revenue $7,601,368
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 34-1196802
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1978
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B24Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $15,991,212
- Income (IRS master file)
- $12,267,718
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $12,244,882 | $8,309,891 | $15,991,212 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $9,267,078 | $7,590,312 | $12,454,724 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $14,172,334 | $6,810,197 | $10,308,672 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $5,796,045 | $5,348,194 | $2,187,549 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 34-1196802).
Questions about OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC
- What is the EIN of OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC is 34-1196802.
- Is OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1978.
- Are donations to OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names DENVER DANIEL.
- Who are the officers and directors of OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $124,457 (DENVER DANIEL, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does OPEN DOOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $12,244,882, expenses of $8,309,891 and total assets of $15,991,212 at year end.
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