Lighthouse Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591722768
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Lakeland, FL, USA
Phone
8636874076
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,522,119
Expenses
$4,823,107
Assets
$9,030,690
Liabilities
$5,197,814

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE TURBEVILLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • STEVE TURBEVILLE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $192,369 total reported compensation
  • LAUREN BALLARD CPA (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $115,946 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lighthouse ministries, inc. Is set apart by the spirit of god to communicate the gospel of jesus christ to meet the physical, emotional, and other needs of the poor and at-risk population.

What it reported doing in 2025

Homeless intervention programs: through its gospel-centered homeless intervention programs, lighthouse ministries provides crisis assessment, financial assistance, transportation, and connection to community resources to help individuals and families avoid or quickly exit homelessness. The goal of these programs is to help people maintain stable housing when possible or reduce the length of time they experience homelessness in the communities of west central Florida.homeless intervention staff serve across multiple cities and counties, working with individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis to determine the most appropriate path toward stability. Through strong relationships with community providers, staff help connect individuals and families with lighthouse rescue and recovery services or other partner agencies best equipped to meet their needs. Staff also assist with rent or utility payments in arrears, transportation, and other immediate needs contributing to housing instability or homelessness. Transportation support often includes coordinating services with partner agencies and helping individuals safely reach those services.lighthouse also collaborates with community members, businesses, local agencies, and law enforcement through "compassion cards" that provide a direct connection to homeless intervention staff through a dedicated phone number. This community response tool helps community members connect vulnerable individuals and families to housing support, shelter services, and stabilization resources before their situation deepens.in 2025, lighthouse expanded its gospel-centered homeless intervention programs through onsite case management services at plateau village, an independent affordable housing community in west lakeland serving formerly homeless residents in 36 apartments.as immediate needs are met, individuals and families are better able to maintain stability, avoid prolonged homelessness, and take next steps toward continued independence. In 2025, lighthouse's homeless intervention programs served 833 individuals and families through a variety of stabilization services, including helping 88 individuals and families maintain or obtain stable housing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48%; rating input score 48
  • Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97%; rating input score 97; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.87; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $192K · 14 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $304K reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 44 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 48/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.