Light of Hope for the Immigrant Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992542848
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Meridian, ID, USA
- Phone
- 7255772577
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $169,843
- Expenses
- $156,794
- Assets
- $25,356
- Liabilities
- $1,832
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Daurys Maestre (Director)
- Nestor Osorio (Director)
- Luis Ramirez (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
This association is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes, and the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or the corresponding section of any future United States Internal Revenue law). Chief among the purposes for which the corporation is organized and operated is to provide help, support and/or social assistance to immigrants regarding the rights and responsibilities for their satisfactory adaptation and integration into American civic culture.
What it reported doing in 2025
Program that provides help, support, and social assistance to low-income immigrants related to incorporation into American life, creating a sustainable, and growing pathway for them to become positive contributors to society. At Light of Hope, our desire to contribute towards making the world a better place drives us. We have taken part in a wide range of activities that empower immigrants. We strive to build productive relationships and make a positive impact through all our efforts. We help low-income immigrants residing in the United States who need support finding the best option to support give them social assistance. Integration into American Life and Labor Market, during this phase, we facilitate your integration into the American system and job market, establishing a robust and sustainable path forward. Our support spans from practical tasks such as helping and educate them about how to get driver's license and opening bank accounts, to more comprehensive assistance like job placement, educational workshops on rights and responsibilities, financial planning seminars education emphasizing tax compliance, and guidance on vehicle acquisition or business establishment. Financial Planning and Long-Term Stability, In the final stage, we assist low-income immigrants in financial and tax planning to foster a prosperous future and secure a peaceful retirement. Beneficiaries gain access to services including business startup support, tax education, and guidance on housing acquisition using real state agents that can help them supported by a realtor versed in financing and credit options. This structured approach aims to empower individuals with the tools and knowledge necessary for successful integration and long-term stability within the American society and economy.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 2.1%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 2
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.7%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 83.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 2.1% of revenue deployed · 2.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.