Light of Life International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201572940
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone
6822324548
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$865,958
Expenses
$935,874
Assets
$63,534
Liabilities
$22,923

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN EVANS (PRESIDENT/DI)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEPHEN EVANS (PRESIDENT/DI): $128,400 total reported compensation
  • STEVE NEW (VICEPRES/DIR): $77,160 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Light of life international exists to win souls and reach the poor through international crusades and compassion. Light of life international is also committed to igniting fire and destiny in the hearts of men and women through evangelism and holy spirit fire conferences, and ministries that target pastors, intercessors and families. Our mission statement then is simple: passion and compassion we are committed to boldly declaring that jesus saves and heals he will turn you from the power of darkness and satan to the power of the cross of jesus, to forgive your sins and offer you eternal life. He will set you ablaze with the firepower of the holy spirit to change the world around you with the gospel. So this is our mission, to love people and to declare the good news.

What it reported doing in 2024

Light of life international exists to win souls and reach the poor through international crusades and compassion. The organization is committed to igniting fire and destiny in the hearts of men and women through activities that target pastors, intercessors, and families. These programs presented the gospel of jesus christ, urged christians to be active in their faith and highlighted the past crusades and compassion work in latin america and africa. In 2024, light of life international worked in africa for the third year in a row, including botswana and mozambique. In mahalapye, botswana, light of life provided relief packages to refugees in the kalahari desert, followed by a pastor's conference and a three night evangelistic crusade. In tete, mozambique, we provided literature for children in nearby villages, followed by a pastor's conference and a three night crusade. In 2024, light of life international continued its work in latin america, including two evangelistic crusades in honduras and chile. In el progresso, honduras, we provided food, clothing and stuffed animals in impoverished neighborhoods, followed by a pastor's conference and a two night crusade. In punta arenas, chile, light of life international ventured to one of the southernmost cities in the world. Ministries included a pastors conference, training in evangelism, and a two night indoor crusade. In addition to chile and honduras, light of life international also participated in a foursquare pastors conference in acre, brazil.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 52
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $79.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $881K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.