Love and Light Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475300409
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,349
Expenses
$124,035
Assets
$69,743

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Heather Dixon (Founder Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Heather Dixon (Founder Executive Director)
  • Mike Stults (Treasurer)
  • Christie Taylor (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Homeless Outreach Ministry

What it reported doing in 2025

Love and Light Ministries provides services to individuals experiencing homelessness through three main programs. Homeless Street Outreach offers weekly meals clothing hygiene items seasonal supplies and spiritual support to approximately 250 to 350 people weekly distributing 2,000 to 2,500 meals. Relocation and Housing Assistance helps individuals transition into stable housing by providing furniture household goods groceries and additional support to residents with unmet needs. Volunteer Mobilization and Community Service Engagement recruits and coordinates volunteers for meal preparation supply distribution outreach and housing support strengthening community engagement while expanding services to those in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

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.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • 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: 31.6%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 41; 41st 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: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.