Lydia Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Grace fields rescue and jesus schools: on the outskirts of phnom penh is a slum-like village of tin, cardboard and 2x4's that is situated adjacent to the city landfill/dump. There, around 200 families reside in horrific conditions - no running water, no electricity and survive on collecting recyclables. Pastor meng and his wife rady had a dream to provide a school to the children here, that have no other education option. Today, we have a 15,000 sq ft, 22 classroom school with more than 300 students, grades 1-7. This school is changing the trajectory of this village. Now with high school accreditation, we will add a grade per year through high school. All costs are covered for the children to attend. We also have a second jesus school in kam pong cham province with 150 students, first and second grades.house of hope and future: an additional dorm program for high school and college students that come from situations of great need, now 12 young women are provided home tuition assistance and care.emmanuel school and the lydia school preak themei: theses two schools joined the lydia family in 2023 and 2024. Both schools serve communities that are undeserved and, in most cases, provide no educational opportunities for the children. These two schools serve children grades pk throught 4th. Additional grades will be added year by year as in the jesus school programs. Enrollment at the emmanuel school is currently 180 students and the lydia school is at 320 students.grace fields: responding to the overwhelming abuse and trafficking issues in the villages where we have churches, we have begun a rescue, rehabilitation, and restoration facility for young girls. Grace fields. Now home to 10 girls, (average age 11), we provide professionally trained staff, counselors, social workers, and house moms. Our capacity is 40 girls in our newly completed facility. The program has been licensed by the cambodian government, but our focus is a gospel centered recovery, with restoration and follow up assisted by pastors and churches in the girl's individual communities. Our director's background includes 10 years with the largest rescue ministry in asia, where she served in many roles including for several years as director of the phnom penh shelter caring for nearly 500 girls during her tenure.discover clubs - after school programs: serving over 1000 children in 15 villages - english, khmer and bible classes. In most cases in these villages, the children attending do not have any other way to attend school due to the poverty of their parents.widows, families in need, and disabled individuals: each month, through our network of pastors and churches we provide funding for provision of rice, cooking oils, and medical assistance as needed to around 300 individuals and families. During extreme seasonal flooding or other emergencies, we also provide funding foe rice to affected villages.we are partnering with taley village ministries and dara and ngim ministries (next generation ministry) to further our mission of serving the most vulnerable and for sharing the gospel of jesus christ in practical expressions as necessay and needed.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 96
• Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
• Fundraising efficiency: $105.78 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Pass
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings