LAKEWOOD UNITED METHODIST PRESCHOOL

Lakewood United Methodist Preschool is a 501(c)(3) early childhood education program affiliated with Lakewood United Methodist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. It operates as a religious preschool serving roughly infant-to-prekindergarten age groups and is organized under the United Methodist group exemption. The organization is an active, tax-exempt nonprofit (IRS ruling date 1974) and continued operations into fiscal year ending June 2025, reporting program-service-driven revenues and a staffed operation. Recent filings show the preschool as the primary program activity, with program services representing the large majority of reported revenue. Program-level activity in the last 2–3 years includes maintained enrollment-based operations, payroll for early-education staff, and regular annual Form 990 filings that indicate ongoing financial operation and stewardship of net assets.