Lighthouse Recovery Ministries Inc C/O Joshua T Hale

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934437408
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Macon, GA, USA
Phone
9125319252
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$111,745
Expenses
$86,533
Assets
$142,731
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joshua T Hale (CEO and Chairman of the Bo)
  • Fred M Martin (President and member of th)

People named in this filing

  • Joshua T Hale (CEO and Chairman of the Bo)
  • Fred M Martin (President and member of th)
  • Brent Cook (Treasurer and member of th)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Long term alcohol and drug addiction recovery: Lighthouse Recovery Ministries Inc. (commonly known as The Hope Center, or the Lighthouse Hope Center) is a long-term alcohol and drug addiction recovery residence that follows the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. These steps have been expanded to include additional Bible study, prayer and related group discussion to enhance the spiritual aspects of the recovery process. The participants are full time residents, and are not permitted to have any employment until after their first 90 days of participation has been satisfactorily completed. Residents are responsible for repaying their own food costs. All other operating costs are funded by donations from middle Georgia residents, many of whom are actively involved in this recovery process.

What it reported doing in 2025

Only one service is provided, so the accomplishment is the performance of the Exempt Purpose as described above. Other than brief vacancies, all 12 beds have remained occupied, and frequently there is a waiting list.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 73
  • Growth: 20

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: 22.6%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.65; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -52.3% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th 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 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.