Messiah Lifeways Community Support Services
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320375859
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7176974666
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Supportive Housing for Older Adults
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,258,464
- Expenses
- $2,189,386
- Assets
- $902,297
- Liabilities
- $3,718,081
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CHAIR)
Highest reported compensation
- KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CHAIR): $314,558 total reported compensation
- KIMBERLY VALVO (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER/V): $242,146 total reported compensation
- JARROD LEO (CFO/TREASURER): $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
Messiah lifeways community support services ("mlcss") is a subsidiary of messiah lifeways. The organization's mission is to be a ministry that responsibly enhances the lives of older adults with christ-like love. Continued on schedule o.intentional and meaningful community life is central to achieving the organization's mission of living "life.embraced." we believe life can be enhanced when persons have opportunities to pursue their own growth with an inward journey of the body, mind and soul, have opportunities to journey outward and care for and share their hearts and hands with others, and have opportunities to joyously journey together with others and build respectful, participatory relationships.our dream is to inspire everyone 55 and better to more fully embrace life; to not fear growing older, but to re-imagine the journey of aging as a time of purpose, zest, and faith-filled living.
What it reported doing in 2024
Messiah lifeways community support services (mlcss) provides several important services to older adults in the south-central Pennsylvania region, offering supportive options for them to remain active and engaged and safely age in place. These services include: messiah lifeways adult day services, messiah lifeways at home, mechanicsburg place senior center, and west shore senior center. We remain committed to expanding access to these services, with particular focus on reaching individuals with limited resources.continued on schedule okey accomplishments for the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, include: adult day services served a vulnerable population of older adults in need of support during the day, with an average daily census of 14.17 participants. Messiah lifeways at home provided 36,281.5 hours of non-medical home care to an average of 167 older adults across cumberland, dauphin, and northern york counties. Through at home's concierge services, which offers short-term, customizable assistance such as downsizing, organizing, gardening, seasonal decorating, and meal planning, provided 18 concierge shifts for 11 different clients through the fiscal year. Mechanicsburg place senior center averaged 1,872 visits per month and served approximately 568 meals per month. This ministry of messiah lifeways is supported, in part, by the cumberland county office of aging and community services, the Pennsylvania department of aging, and the u.s. Department of health and human services administration on aging. West shore senior center averaged 2,812 visits per month and provided an average of 805 meals per month. Located in downtown new cumberland, this ministry of messiah lifeways is also supported by the cumberland county office of aging and community services, the Pennsylvania department of aging, and the u.s. Department of health and human services administration on aging.through these services, mlcss continues to advance its mission of enriching the lives of older adults and strengthening community connections.to learn more, visit messiahlifeways.org/
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 79% 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 47
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 4.12; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 82.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $315K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.