Light to the Nations Fellowship Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562398868
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Jacksonville, FL, USA
- Phone
- 6154745077
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $120,456
- Expenses
- $125,805
- Assets
- $32,774
- Liabilities
- $67,787
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- JOHN URICH (PRES/CHAIR/D)
- SARAH URICH (ASST CHAIR/D)
- FOUNT SHULTS (VICE PRES./D)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To spread the gospel of jesus christ.
What it reported doing in 2024
Light to the nations fellowship, inc. Continues to minister the love and gospel of jesus through conducting three separate preschool and educational programs in different areas of southern asia. Light to the nations fellowship, inc. Also preaches, teaches, and does discipleship and church planting online and outreach through social media under "doing business as- or the "fictitious name" of the love revolution. Light to the nations fellowship is fulfilling its purposes in southern asia and has been there since it started through the following projects: 1. Project 1 and 3 slum school and coaching center inside the slum of girdharipura, jaipur, india - basement school (project 1) and upper room school (project 3) these school projects continue to help underprivileged and destitute children and their families, offering a high-quality free preschool and coaching center with curriculum written and designed by rev. Sarah urich as well as training to the staff monthly and or bi- monthly zoom conference calls. Rev. John urich directs the projects with regular video calls with pastor job subhash who is our local overseer. The majority of the families of the children in the light to the nations fellowship's programs are daily wage earners and street sweepers, which means they are hired in the morning and paid in the evening for a day of work. With rising prices of food and rents and no wage increases, the struggle to educate and feed their children has become even greater. The community is very grateful for light to the nations fellowship's free schooling for their children and a free hot, nutritious meal each school day. Lnf served around sixty children each month in this slum, with family outreach and care which also touches around 150 parents and their families. 2. Project 2 slum school and coaching center inside the slum of jhalana doongri, jaipur india this school has the same program format as project 1, with a preschool and coaching center. As described for project 1 above, project 2 followed the same format of preschool in the mornings and coaching older students in the afternoon with each group of students receiving a hot, nutritious meal each school day. The majority of these families in this community also are daily wage earners and similar needy families. This community also was extremely grateful for the aid of light to the nations fellowship, the love of the staff, and the hope which they receive from our program in their uneducated and underfunded area. They especially voice their gratitude for the kindness of the teachers and the life lessons they provide to the children and parents during the parent teacher meetings held by pastor job subhash. Light to the nations fellowship served approximately 50 children each month, with family outreach and care also that touches around 80 parents and their other children as well. 3. In december 2024, each school provided new sweaters for each student in each project and a bag of essential hygiene products and snack bags for each student and family member.
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 99% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
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: -4.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.07; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.6%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.