La Limye' Ministries

What it reported doing in 2025

La limye ministries operates its primary mission in a very poor section of arcahaie, haiti, known as guiton, which has almost no government services. Through ellen humerickhouse and the la limye board's efforts over the past 9 years, la limye has raised funding to purchase land and build a secure complex with a building to house up to 15 girls, a water well and tower serving la limye's residents and local people in the village. A community pavilion whic is used for various community outreach functions including teaching english classes and the gospel to local adults, bible classes for the village children and various other assemblies. In 2019, la limye opened a special needs school to serve the needs of approximately 30-40 special needs children in the village, who are not allowed to attend local schools. La limye provides 20-30 jobs in an impoverished community in deperate need of them. This has allowed multiple families to support their children who otherwise had no hope, and also helped the community at large. In 2023, gang activity impacted the mission's ability to delivery many of the above services, but we continue to provide fresh water and limited food support to the village, along with school tuition and transportation when the schools are open. In april 2023, we temporarily moved our 10 resident orphan girls, our missionary ellen humerickhouse and two employees to cap haitien in the north of haiti where conditions were safer while we await security conditions in arcahaie/guiton to improve. We may establist a second mission in cap haitien to provide servies to the local community if this temporary relocation becomes permanent.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 55.9%; rating input score 56
• Program expense ratio: 71.6%; rating input score 72
• Fundraising efficiency: $11,517.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 28.2%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.41; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings