Illumination Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473325176
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Eden Prairie, MN, USA
Phone
6129615320
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,135
Expenses
$9,444
Assets
$13,249

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABBY SCHUMACHER (President)

People named in this filing

  • ABBY SCHUMACHER (President)

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

Providing education and written materials to youth and their families

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2015 illumination ministries trained hundreds of parents and young people (12-22 years old) at youth groups, private schools, retreats and parenting conferences. Also sold 205 copies of the parent guidebook for sex by design as well as 282 teen guidebooks and 219 dvds.in 2016, illumination ministries provided 736 parents guidebooks, 574 teen guidebooks, and 161 dvds.in 2017, illumination ministries provided 251 parent guidebooks, 317 teen guidebooks, and 130 dvds.in 2018, illumination ministries provided 33 parent guidebooks, 44 teen guidebooks, and 26 dvd's.in 2019, illumination ministries provided 9 parent guidebooks, 20 teen guidebooks, and 9 dvd's.in 2020, illumination ministries provided 6 parent guidebooks, 11 teen guidebooks, and 6 dvd's.in 2021, illumination ministries provided 12 parent guidebooks, 15 teen guidebooks, and 9 dvd's.in 2022, illumination ministries provided 30 parent guidebooks, 69 teen guidebooks, and 5 dvd's.in 2023, illumination ministries provided 14 parent guidebooks, 20 teen guidebooks, and 13 dvd's.in 2024, illumination ministries provided 34 parent guidebooks, 37 teen guidebooks, and 9 dvd's.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 69.7%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 69.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.