Victorious Living Ministries International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251367980
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Alcoa, TN, USA
- Phone
- 8144906773
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,068
- Expenses
- $53,070
- Assets
- $20,019
- Liabilities
- $9,592
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Rev Melody L Lavin (President)
- Rev P Michael Lavin (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dr Rev Melody L Lavin (President)
- Rev P Michael Lavin (Vice President)
- Samantha Lavin (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To conduct the following activities which are exclusively religious within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as the same shall be amended from time to time. To encourage and promote the public acceptance, practice and exercise of the Christian faith and to encourage all persons accepting such faith to develop in their understanding of Christianity and the Holy Bible, to generally foster and promote Christian beliefs and practices through activities which include, without limitation, the holding of seminars and teaching sessions at public meeting places or at such churches of any denomination which may request the services of the corporation, the formulation and dissemination of written materials and any and all digital formats and streaming of messages on the Christian faith and practice, as well as musical presentation of said. To conduct any and all activities as shall from time to time be found appropriate with any of the foregoing purposes.
What it reported doing in 2025
Newsletters and disbursement of Christian Materials. Newsletters are mailed up to 4 times a year. Mailing list is about 500. It is mailed free to those who request it. The newsletter is used as an opportunity to bring Christian teaching and encouragement to those we might not be able to meet in person during the year. The recording of teaching and music, and the writing and publishing of written materials for sale. The purpose of these materials is to foster the development in peoples understanding of Christianity and the Holy Bible. These materials are made available to the public and the Bible School students. Digital media outlets continue to be used through social media portals in the same way that written and recorded materials are used.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
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: -17.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.