Running with Lions Ministry Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811367350
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Flora, MS, USA
Phone
6012015489
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,372
Expenses
$75,708
Assets
$29,055

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Kim Owen (Director)
  • Doug Owen (Exceutive Director)
  • Warren Speed (Director)

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

As stated in the by-laws our purpose is coaching men and couples to emotional and spiritual wholeness. We believe that people grow to spiritual and emotional maturity through being exposed to truth in and environment of grace (acceptance) over time. Being involved in a community of grace, as opposed to being isolated and exposed to truth over time is the key to growth. This will be accomplished through small group meetings that incorporate bible study, interaction among members about spiritual truth and emotional health and opportunity for members to be open and transparent with each other in an atmosphere of acceptance. These small groups will meet weekly over a period of at least a year if not many years. There will also be one on one meetings where transparency and being know will be encouraged. These will also provide members an opportunity to share their struggles with one another and to walk alongside each other providing support in the growing process. We envision having qua

What it reported doing in 2025

Coaching men & couples to emotional and spiritual wellness

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.