Lynnesong Ministries
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760454599
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7137807203
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $32,092
- Expenses
- $21,718
- Assets
- $49,910
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Organization is committed to spreading the christian faith through a musical ministry, mission trips of working with orphanages and providing basic essentials to needy citizens. The organization does not discriminate against receipient's religious beliefs, age or income level.
What it reported doing in 2011
Christian music ministry, singing at christian functions, concerts, retirement facilities, assisted living facilities and overseas concerts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.6%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -25.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -77.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.6% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2011
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.