Light House Group Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300875802
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Cary, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9198671621
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Commemorative Events
- Affiliation
- Islam
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $292,430
- Expenses
- $243,705
- Assets
- $219,739
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Nadia Khan (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Nadia Khan (Executive Director): $58,800 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Light House Group Inc was founded in June of 2016 as a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization, as a direct response to the tragic murders that occurred in February of 2015. The organization is governed by five board members and is operated by an executive director. We provide support and advocacy for youth in the local Muslim community, and foster education and awareness for the broader national community to address the growing gap that exists today between the detrimental perception of Muslim Americans and the favorable reality of Muslim Americans. We operate a Community Programs Office to support tax exempt activities and programs in the local community of all faiths through providing office space and fiscal sponsorship; and engage the national audience through the Office of Community Engagement where we share the story of the murders through spoken word, and bridge the perception gap through story-telling and education.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Light House programs further a space space for the community of youth related activities and programs. The space is well equipped and well maintained. It offers office space, meeting space, and event space. Over 1000+ unique visitors see the house as an inspiration and a light in a rather dark time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 31
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.7%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $244K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.