LightSat Inc DBA China Mercy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 201909279
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Naples, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2392160410
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,000
- Expenses
- $82,236
- Assets
- $98,488
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Pelle Karlsson (President)
People named in this filing
- Shimon Liang (Director)
- Jeff Liu (Director)
- James L West (Secretary Treasurer)
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
See Statement #1 Part III Schedule O
What it reported doing in 2024
See Statement #1 Schedule O
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.5%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
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: 17.8%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.2; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.5% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.