Lighthouse for Students

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812180232
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Tomball, TX, USA
Phone
7138511025
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,262
Expenses
$128,063
Assets
$145,410

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KELLY MARTENS (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • LAURA GALLIER (CHAIRPERSON)
  • STEVEN MORRIS (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lighthouse for students provides programs for at risk youth to help them make right choices and illuminate the pathway to positive outcomes.

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 88% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 69.1%; rating input score 69

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.6%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.2% of revenue deployed · 69.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2023
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.