Living Faith Ministries International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872060293
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Woodstock, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7706304996
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $246,907
- Expenses
- $128,585
- Assets
- $419,862
- Liabilities
- $62,752
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alan Morris (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Alan Morris (CEO): $26,866 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Living Faith Ministries International exists to impact communities by transforming lives through compassionate crisis response that provides spiritual, emotional, and physical support to individuals and families in need; by fostering community connection and empowerment through relationship-building, resource sharing, and sustainable opportunities that promote dignity and self-sufficiency; and by developing global church partnerships that share resources, strengthen ministries, and advance the Great Commission through collaborative outreach and service.
What it reported doing in 2025
Compassionate Crisis Response Program: Living Faith Ministries International provides immediate assistance to individuals and families experiencing crisis through its Compassionate Crisis Response program. Services include hunger relief, medical assistance, clothing distribution, school supplies for disadvantaged children, and limited financial support such as rent assistance. During the reporting period, the organization delivered 727 needs-based grants, provided 5,480 meals, distributed 1,692 clothing items, and supported 92 individuals through medical assistance. Approximately 4,000 volunteer service hours supported these activities. Programs were conducted in underserved communities in Mexico, primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula. In addition to humanitarian services, the organization engaged in faith-based outreach, reaching more than 800 individuals. Participants are connected to ongoing support and referred to additional programs to promote long-term stability and improved quality of life.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
MIXED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 55
- Accountability: 50
- Sustainability: 68
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.3%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $33.21 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 47.9%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 61.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.3% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $114K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $27K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 43 of 43 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.