Light Of Life

Overview

Mission

Residential program designed to provide women impacted by sexual abuse trauma with a safe supportive environment in which to heal and recover. As a non-profit, faith-focused organization, we strive to share the love of Jesus through our multiple programs that address the needs of women in crisis due to sexual exploitation, substance use disorder, homelessness, interpersonal violence and other traumas. We understand that in order to stabilize and strengthen in independence and resilience, these women require that all areas of their life be addressed, and it takes a community of committed partners to do that. We are blessed to have those partners. Our internal continuum of care model includes intentional access points where we care for women who are living outside, residing in unstable environments, attending our walk-in support cent.

Operating model

Revenue model

Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.

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 most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
• Transparency & Controls: 93
• Accountability: 79
• Sustainability: 23
• Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $824K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $89K · 10 people listed
• Consistency: 11 of 13 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
• Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
• 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
• High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.