Living the Word Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582637128
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Suwanee, GA, USA
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,972
Expenses
$25,207
Assets
$161,050

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Henry Bell Jr (Key Executive)
  • Cheryl Bell (Key)

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

To advance religion by conducting worship services providing religious education and engaging in charitable outreach consistent with Christian ministry principles. Supporting bereavement and benevolence assistance and engaging in community outreach programs.

What it reported doing in 2025

Living The Word Ministries has established a collaborative ministry partnership with Christ Embassy Church to further its religious and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. With this partnership Living the Word Ministries provides tithes and offerings in support of faith-based educational programs community outreach initiatives ministry events and other charitable activities that advance its exempt purposes. Through this collaboration the organization utilizes ministry facilities administrative support and shared resources to conduct religious instruction spiritual development programs and charitable outreach services that benefit the broader community. This partnership enhances Living the Word Ministries ability to expand access to religious services strengthen community engagement and effectively deliver faith-based and charitable programs in alignment with its tax-exempt mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.8%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 68%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 54.1%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.39; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.8% of revenue deployed · 68% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.