The Lords Work Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853751547
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Waco, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2542162020
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Christianity
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $368,955
- Expenses
- $254,875
- Assets
- $3,796,333
- Liabilities
- $3,196,336
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFFREY BATES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEFFREY BATES (PRESIDENT)
- TOM WRIGHT (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the lord's work is to be a faith-based organization serving local and international communities by engaging in a broad range of strategies that promote development, license and ordain ministers of the gospel, provide religious, charitable, and humanitarian services, support missions and to also engage in activities which are necessary, suitable, or convenient for the accomplishment of that purpose.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 1999, Texas became the first state to pass the baby moses lawallowing a woman to legally and safely surrender her newborn, up to 60 days old, to a person at a fire station or emergency room with no risk of criminal prosecution. Fast-forward to 2023, and that law has evolved. The governor has now signed legislation allowing newborns to be placed anonymously into a secured "baby box" at designated locations like fire stations or hospital ers. In a time when many people avoid face-to-face contact, this provides a discreet, safe optionmuch like a night deposit box at a bank. We're working to install the first baby box in a hospital in central Texas at coryell health in gatesville. With support from local leaders and a few churches, we've raised the funds and are currently building the box. To learn more or support the project, visit babymosestexas.org.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 81% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 98.5%; rating input score 99; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.89; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.84; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 61.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $231K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.