Lighthouse Center Advocating for Adolescence and Children Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320602318
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Munster, IN, USA
- Phone
- 7735753681
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,364
- Expenses
- $38,957
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anthony Bell (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Donald Hunter (Treasurer)
- Anthony Bell (Vice President)
- Kecia Bell (Board Member)
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
The Lighthouse Center Advocating for Adolescence & Children, Inc. provides safe housing, mentoring programs, religious background, clinical and psychological treatment for young children with behavioral issues, and those individuals who are battling with depression and other ailments. Our team enhances the development of life skills by modeling a program that is designed to recalibrate, structure, and transition the parent(s) and their children back into a healthy lifestyle.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Lighthouse Center Advocating for Adolescence and Children, Inc. (TLCAAC) is devoted to impacting the next generation and the community. During the last five years, the Lighthouse Center has planned several events and programs to convey its purpose and vision statements. It gives individuals a chance to collaborate for the greater good by inspiring, educating, and caring for children of all ages to put shared values and aspirations into action. Mission The Lighthouse Center is a multifaceted facility that provides a safe therapeutic environment. The TLCAAC offers an environment of work, love, and play. We offer community outreach services, scholarship awards, and counseling. Our services teach respect and responsibility that promote healing. The Lighthouse Center hosted several events, some of which it founded and/or participated in. These include the Seniors event, the Annual Community Picnic, the Scholarship program, the Multi-Cultural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Junior Achievement-Career Day, Entrepreneur Classes, DECA, feeding the hungry, and Munster Incubators. Every activity and participation guaranteed the Lighthouse Center's existence and resulted in numerous networking opportunities. One main event held by the Lighthouse Center AAC, Inc. was the annual community picnic at the neighboring park. Donors contributed to the Lighthouse Center to help the kids have a great time in the park. Backpacks, soft drinks, clothing, food, gift cards, and gifts were provided to ensure that both parents and children had a successful celebration. There was a petting zoo as well. We gladly served over 200 families at the event. This educational and playful gathering was well-supported and appreciated by the community. Public awareness has grown significantly thanks in large part to social media. The Lighthouse Center has received over 12,000 views thus far. There are more than 2,800 visitors to the site. The Lighthouse Center has benefited the community by hosting more than 50 events and has helped well over 2,000 kids. We are advocating for an increase in sponsorships, donors, and volunteers. TLC has not received a grant.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
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: -1.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -70.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.