Liam's Lighthouse Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271309152
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Phone
7192004148
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,845
Expenses
$27,682
Assets
$404,051
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHELLE SCHULZE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHELLE SCHULZE (PRESIDENT)
  • ROSE ANN PODMINICK (TREASURER)
  • LYNN CARLE (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Liam's lighthouse foundation (llf) was established to create and provide educational material and awareness about hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hlh), including histiocytic disorders, and to distribute unbiased, factual information to physicians, hospitals and the community regarding this disease. Llf brings families affected by hlh/histiocytosis together and offers support through a variety of resources. We aim at raising much needed funds for continued education of physicians and research to develop safer and more effective treatment methods and ultimately a cure. Llf is also dedicated to bring awareness to the community about the importance of becoming a blood and bone marrow donor.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided education and grants in support of hlh

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.2%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 49.8%; rating input score 50

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.6; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.2% of revenue deployed · 49.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.