Life Teen Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
860602592
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Roswell, GA, USA
Phone
4042528815
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,735,491
Expenses
$18,332,153
Assets
$25,652,575
Liabilities
$7,655,586

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RANDY RAUS (CEO/PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • RANDY RAUS (CEO/PRESIDENT): $215,693 total reported compensation
  • MARK HART (CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER): $183,585 total reported compensation
  • STEVE ALLGEYER (CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER): $166,240 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Life teen is a missionary youth movement within the catholic church. We believe that eucharist-based ministry has the power to transform teens, transform parishes, and transform culture. Our top priorities are resourcing and (continued on schedule o)supporting parish youth ministry, forming young adult missionaries, and hosting events, conferences, and summer camps.

What it reported doing in 2025

Life teen summer camps are designed to provide a camp experience that is a refuge from daily noise, a safe place for fun and friendship that guides teens to build lasting and meaningful relationships with each other and most importantly with jesus christ. 16,776 teens participated in camp and retreats during 2025. Life teen holds these camp experiences at life teen-owned properties camp covecrest located in tiger, Georgia and camp hidden lake in dahlonega, Georgia. Camp wild sky in burnet, tx and camp golden state in julian, ca were also offered at remote camp sites. Teen also offered a week of restore mission camp in abbeville, la and two weeks in Kansas city, mo. Overall, life teen successfully conducted 29 weeks of summer camp at 88% capacity in five states. Number of weeks increased over the previous year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.6%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.6% of revenue deployed · 76.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $14.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $216K · 31 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.