The Lighthouserva

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881228928
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Phone
8046775040
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Womens' Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$401,756
Expenses
$233,358
Assets
$529,158
Liabilities
$4,644

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMILY DUBOSE (President)
  • JOELLE VANROEKEL (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • EMILY DUBOSE (President): $46,718 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The lighthouserva (the organization) was formed with the goal of establishing a community for women who have experienced addiction (i.e. Participants) to connect and heal, and to provide resources to empower such women to remain on a path to recovery, healing and self-sufficiency.the organization seeks to achieve its goal by hosting gatherings and providing connections, resources, education, tools and relationship support to participants, in order to increase the likelihood of their continued health and lasting employment.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization's current efforts include group gatherings with a meal, activity, and fellowship time, ocurring weekly. During these gatherings, participants engage in activities such as knitting, arts and crafts, flower arranging, line dancing and jewelry making in a group environment. Participation in these gatherings enables participants to form connections and provide a safe space for healing. The organization also provides in house resources for those in crisis by providing clothing, toiletries, and feminine hygiene products as well connection to resources in the greater community. The organizaton's gatherings are conducted mostly by volunteers and funded by donations from the general public.in 2025, 1,154 people received benefits. 311 people received new shoes, 288 people received holiday bags, 1,774 meals were shared, 185 people received hygiene bags, 1,100 feminine hygiene kits were distributed, our shop supplied 3,000 items for 450 receipients, and 405 residences received thanksgiving meal boxes. We engaged 200 volunteers and 100 community partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 44
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.5%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 61.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 59.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.5% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $190K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.