The Radiant Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 842625093
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2020–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location: Lebanon, TN, USA
Phone: 8609172348
Rating: 89
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Christianity
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $25,450
Expenses: $24,601
Assets: $8,902

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Joshua Hoyt (Vice President)

People named in this filing

Brittney Hoot (Founder and Director)
Joshua Hoyt (Vice President)
Robin Verner (Secretary)

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

To educate, equip, and empower the underserved in emergentcountries to transcend economic, personal, and spiritual hardship by facilitating dynamicpartnership between target community leaders and philanthropists leaders. We exist togive the world an encounter with Jesus, through meeting practical, physical and spiritualneeds.

What it reported doing in 2025

Ministry Expenses for outreach projects, childrens schools, building housing, and construction project

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 94
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 38
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97

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: 3.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 26; 26th 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: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
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.

High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.