Messiah Lifeways

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352443724
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Phone
7176974666
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,428,200
Expenses
$7,157,253
Assets
$4,444,681
Liabilities
$1,572,432

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CEO): $314,558 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERLY VALVO (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $242,146 total reported compensation
  • JARROD LEO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $208,636 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ministry that responsibly enhances the lives of older adults with Christ-like love. Embraces Christ-like love as the model and vision for service In early 2019, Messiah Lifeways formed an internal advisory group known as the “Social Accountability and Community Benefit Task Force.” In support of our mission and commitment to social accountability, one of the first and most fundamental duties of the group was to conduct a Senior Living Community Needs Assessment (SLCNA) in order to better serve, care, and advocate for older adults. Value Symbols.

What it reported doing in 2024

Messiah lifeways provides management and support to messiah home, messiah lifeways community support services and messiah family services. The organization continues to advance a number of significant strategic initiatives. Progress continues to be made on the fernecrest project, a new residential living project located 6 miles from the messiah village campus. 131 units are anticipated to be constructed in a first phase of development on the campus. A ceremonial groundbreaking celebration was held in november 2024. In february 2024, the organization began accepting deposits for fernecrest apartments and cottages, and as of june 30, 2025, a total of 50 units were reserved. Management anticipates commencing construction of the project in 2026, once an appropriate number of number of units have been reserved. The pa office of budget named messiah lifeways as a recipient of $1million in funding through the 2024 redevelopment assistance capitalprogram (racp). Half of these dollars were allocated to the sitepreparation and construction of fernecrest, messiah lifeways' new 62+residential living community in new cumberland, pa and the other half is supporting hvac upgrades on the messiah village campus.for additional program service accomplishments of controlled entities, please see the 990 narratives for: messiah home messiah family services messiah lifeways community support services to learn more, visit messiahlifeways.org

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 67.1%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 57% of revenue deployed · 67.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $315K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.4M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.