Lafwa Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462824831
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Avon, IN, USA
- Phone
- 5134261485
- Rating
- 95
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,377
- Expenses
- $68,514
- Assets
- $13,033
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WILBERT ROMAIN (PRESIDENT)
- LISA ROMAIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WILBERT ROMAIN (PRESIDENT)
- LISA ROMAIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MICHELLE WALKER (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 plant Haitian churches in the Domican Republic.
What it reported doing in 2024
Food for needy children; expenses of group visitors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 4%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 16; 16th 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: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.