Discerning Hearts Co Douglas J Lacey Cpa

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452759984
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Ralston, NE, USA
Phone
4022155288
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,577
Expenses
$283,840
Assets
$201,870
Liabilities
$55,373

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR ANTHONY LILLES (President)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTY MCGREGOR (Executive Dir.)
  • DR ANTHONY LILLES (President)
  • OMAR GUTIERREZ MA (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote spirituality and discernment in the catholic christian tradition.

What it reported doing in 2024

To educate the general public about spirituality and discernment in the catholic christian tradition through its website programs featured on various catholic radio stations, and through conferences, speaking engagements, retreats and a variety of other means.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 66.9%; rating input score 67

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -51.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 66.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $190K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.