The Lighthouse Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251547324
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bakerstown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7245865554
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,338,109
- Expenses
- $1,099,111
- Assets
- $3,528,830
- Liabilities
- $12,248
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PHILIP MATHEW (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- VICTORIA SPRENG (EXECUTIVE DI): $89,802 total reported compensation
- DANIEL HARTZLER (BUSINESS MAN): $45,634 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The lighthouse foundation is a christian outreach organization meeting the needs of impoverished families in northern allegheny and butler counties. The lighthouse foundation provides basic necessities such as food and shelter, and transitional and interim housing. The lighthouse foundation also offers programs to help people achieve self-sufficiency which include: lighthouse car connection, faith based job training, financial literacy, computer skills, and parenting classes. The lighthouse foundation delivers high quality programs and ministries that offer people hope for a better future and that result in positive life changes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Transitional housing - the foundation operates transitional housing facilities: the penney house for males ages 18-29, the blanchard house for females ages 18-29, the kaufman drive townhomes and armour apartments for homeless, single parents and their children, and johnny's place for men focused on recovering from addiction. A total of 60 people were housed in 2024, and 29 households received emergency financial assistance. As part of this program, classes are offered on the following subjects: financial management, job skill development, computer literacy, spiritual development, home responsibility and parenting skills.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 17.9%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.21; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.3%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $818K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.