Lay Witness Broadcasting Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200038956
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Paris, KY, USA
Phone
8597079691
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Protestant
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$121
Expenses
$26,135
Assets
$57,901
Liabilities
$237,072

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JOHN E SMITH (Director)
  • PATRICIA SMITH (Director)

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

Lay witness broadcasting mission is to be a witness and light for jesus christ in today's world. This radio station's purpose is to lift up god through its music and preaching programs. The mission is to help people enter into a right relationship with jesus christ and to help new converts to grow in the grace and knowledge of god through our radio broadcasts.

What it reported doing in 2024

Lay witness broadcasting achieved mission is to be a witness and light for jesus christ in today's world. The mission is to help people enter into a right relationship with jesus christ and to help new converts to grow in the grace and knowledge of god.

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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21,499.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.09; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.6% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -41.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.