Luv on Fire Ministries Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
472048271
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lakeside, CA, USA
Phone
6196720461
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,399
Expenses
$63,451
Assets
$48,648

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT R YATES (President)
  • DAVID CARTER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT R YATES (President)
  • KEITH STRINGFELLOW (Secretary)
  • TOM CAMERON (CFO)

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

Our mission is to reach out to special needs adults through Christianity services and community outreach efforts. Luv on Fire Ministries goal is to assist, encourage, love and equip individuals with special needs to receive the basic necessities they deserve. We reach our goals in many ways, including providing local transportation services to assist with shopping, groceries, school, and doctor appointments. We also organize and provide transportation for trips to theme parks, multi-day retreats and beaches. We also provide direct donations to needy program individuals with special needs in order to assist them with basic neccessities of food, public transportation, medical costs and faith-based worship services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Christianity Programs-Southern California: Provide direct donations to needy program individuals with special needs in order to assist them with basic necessities including food, public transportation, medical costs and faith-based worship services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 41; 41st 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: 12.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $63K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.