Power 91.9FM

Legal name: Larlen Communications Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260126826
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, United States
Phone
(616) 259-7342
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Radio
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$488,142
Expenses
$469,494
Assets
$331,578
Liabilities
$75,000

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HELEN HARP (PRESIDENT)
  • DIONE BOLES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • HELEN HARP (PRESIDENT): $39,520 total reported compensation
  • DIONE BOLES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $5,674 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are a non-profit organization determined to redefine music through praise for our one and only Lord, Jesus Christ. Larlen Communications Inc. is led by a team of passionate individuals who wish to bring the community together through the power of holistic music. As dedicated followers, we know that true peace comes from within but it needs religious redirection. To live a life free of emotional strife, Christians look to their Savior in everyday situation and that’s where our focus lies. Power 91.9 FM – Listen to cleanse your soul.

What it reported doing in 2024

Music ministry broadcast on 91.9fm with 4000 watt signal. Nexgen media broadcast media digital arts program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 3.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $469K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $40K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.