Looking for the One
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 931351357
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Blaine, MN, USA
- Phone
- 8176643000
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $152,185
- Expenses
- $55,831
- Assets
- $181,549
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID MCIVER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEFF RHEINGANS (BOARD CHAIRM)
- DAVID MCIVER (PRESIDENT)
- BILL GOODWIN (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Christian publishing and media ministry with a mission to equip ordinary people to walk with jesus as he looks for the one through them.
What it reported doing in 2025
Ministry outreach programs primarily focused on the book "looking for the one" written by david mclver, the president of the organization (lfto). Lfto distributes the book free of charge or at a reduced price to those in underserved areas who may not otherwise have access to the book either due to financial constraints or location. The distribution of the book is a tool to further the religious and educational mission of the organization. In addition, lfto currently conducts various other outreach activities such as developing audio and video ministries, digital outreach or speaking engagements based on the lfto book. All these tools are designed to equip individuals to personally engage in evangelism and discipleship, directly supporting our exempt purpose of sharing the gospel and advancing christian faith.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% 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 a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 36.7%; rating input score 37
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 63.3%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.25; rating input score 90; 90th 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: 177% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 174.1% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 36.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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 37/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.