Lightforce International Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452636021
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Lexington, KY, USA
- Phone
- 8594925970
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rape Victim Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,180
- Expenses
- $58,319
- Assets
- $24,741
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anna Carroll (President)
- Charlotte Acker (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Anna Carroll (President)
- Jonathan Profitt (Secretary)
- Brian Jewell (Treasurer)
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
LFI is committed to children and young people in conditions of social risk that make them vulnerable to various forms of violence, drug addiction and prostitution. Through social
What it reported doing in 2024
Prevention: Social and educational programs for young people in conditions of social risk. In 2024, 200 children and adults wereserved 13,000 meals and 300 people attended various weekly programs on prevention.
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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 13.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -23.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 36.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $58K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.