Loving by Serving

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833569436
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rossmoor, CA, USA
Phone
2132498774
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,667
Expenses
$9,867
Assets
$37,858,663
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DO GI KIM (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • DO GI KIM (CEO)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary objective of loving by serving is to spread the love of god by providing free education to children who are in need. Loving by serving also provides food, education, and financial support to a missionary outside the states to operate a christian school program.

What it reported doing in 2024

Servant leaders christian academy and servant leaders christian academy milton are affiliated with the non-profit organization loving by serving and are christian schools accredited by accreditation international (ai) and the national council for private school accreditation (ncpsa). Both campuses provide bju press christian classroom online (cco) and synchronous project-based learning (pbl), integrating language arts, science, social studies, math, and bible for grades k-12. The combination of these instructional methods in an in-person, virtual, or hybrid setting encourages students to be accountable, innovative, and creative in their academic development. Our students also benefit from extracurricular activities, such as chapel, the i can serve club, student council, virtual field trips, and other hands-on experiences. Teachers, as servant leaders, are responsible for providing biblical worldview lessons and are accountable for planting, watering, and tending in order for students to harvest the fruit of knowledge and understanding in christ.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -111.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3,836.9; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.