Recovering Life Ministries

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
275103197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Garden Grove, CA, USA
Phone
7142738891
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Temporary Housing
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$400
Expenses
$452
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kurt Kurisu (President)
  • Albert Perez (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kurt Kurisu (President)
  • Cathy Kurisu (Secretary)
  • Patrick Pruitt (Member)

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

Recovering Life Ministries, Inc.'s vision and task is to aid men as they seek recovery from some of life's burdens by providing the Gospel message of Jesus Christ in legitimate acts of service. We provide counseling, mentoring and discipleship to men who are transitioning from rehabilitation programs like the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center, the judicial system, and within the community who are living in a high risk environment and are homeless because of their addictions and disabilities. Recovering Life Ministries, Inc. will also help bring stability to this outcast group of men by involvement in community houses and the local churches.

What it reported doing in 2025

RLM operated an addiction recovery residence program in Anaheim, CA, which closed on 10/1/2023 because of additional requirements from city government which were not attainable. RLM had no income in 2024 and worked on closing and dissolution of corporation. In 2025 RLM completed proceedings and distributed remaining assets Knott Avenue Christian Church, which had supported its program over the years.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: -9.9% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.