Lighthouse Transitional Care Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822684891
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Athens, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8776787323
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $158,083
- Expenses
- $122,035
- Assets
- $54,882
- Liabilities
- $3,090
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Amanda Banister (President)
People named in this filing
- Amanda Banister (President)
- Caroline Newton (Director)
- Amanda Morren (Secretary)
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
Our mission is to equip and empower former foster youth to thrive in adulthood so that we can see a world without cycles of family separation and generational trauma, where former foster youth can know they are deeply loved by God, heal from their wounds, and thrive in adulthood.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, Lighthouse Transitional Care strengthened partnerships and expanded its service delivery, aiming to equip and empower former foster youth to transition into healthy, independent adulthood. Specifically: - We provided grocery assistance to 6 former foster youth and their families. The aim of this service is to alleviate food insecurity and financial stress, so that clients are free to focus on life-skills growth and stabilizing their mental, physical, and spiritual health. - We funded and facilitated medical and mental-health support for 12 clients, ensuring they have access to holistic health services (both physical and psychological). Allowing their bodies and minds to be at ease as they learn to navigate healthy relationships in their transition to adulthood. - We continued offering life-skills classes to 27 clients, delivering practical training (e.g., budgeting, job-readiness, independent living) to help build competence and confidence for independent adult living. - We engaged a committed team of 12 volunteer mentors, who served as stable relational anchors for former foster youth as they navigate challenging transitions. These combined efforts allow Lighthouse Transitional Care to accomplish its mission of equipping and empowering former foster youth to thrive in adulthood. The long-term outcome of this holistic approach is to ensure that youth feel equipped to maintain their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being through tangible lessons and hours of practice in a safe community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.2%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
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: 22.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 56.8%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 48.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.2% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $113K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.