Life Training Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841209276
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Newnan, GA, USA
Phone
2292626290
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,121
Expenses
$210,613
Assets
$278,004
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Missy Anne Bradshaw (Executive Director, CFOO)
  • Scott Klusendorf (President & Board Member)

Highest reported compensation

  • Missy Anne Bradshaw (Executive Director, CFOO): $52,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Life Training Institute's (LTI) purpose is to teach and train students and adults to save lives by persuasively communicating the pro-life position. LTI accomplishes this by deploying a team of speakers, all highly trained, to go and present LTI educational material in live (in-person) events and training, virtual training, live and virtual conferences, and seminars, and with the full use of modern media including the internet, radio, television, podcasts, as well as the publication of articles and books.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided pro-life training through live presentations at high schools, colleges, churches, conferences, and banquets. Continued to grow our online audience with online seminars, training, and presentations, and by utilizing LTI websites, podcasts (internal & external), radio appearances, blogs, and our social media platforms. We also contributed to published articles, and other print media as well as newsletters that were sent to our in-house mailing list (private and not shared).

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.86 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: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: -12.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.32; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $52K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.