W E L S Lutherans for Life of Metro Columbus Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311166949
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Family Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,792
Expenses
$112,712
Assets
$52,409

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mark Greiner (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mark Greiner (President)
  • Cindy Greiner (Program Director)
  • Dave Szczublewski (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

WELS Lutherans for Life is a 100% volunteer Christian organization that promotes the sanctity of life by providing educational materials and support to pregnant women and their subsequent children. In support of choosing life we provide the underprivileged families support through offering free diapers and baby wipes along with free gently used maternity clothes baby clothes children clothes childrens books and toys. All of our clients are on some type of public assistance and appreciate our assistance. We accept all clients from any nationality race religious belief that is able to show a need by being on public assistance.

What it reported doing in 2025

Providing free gently used maternity clothes baby clothes children clothes children books and toys. We have four church congregations that routinely provide donations and we have two grade schools that also encourages parents of their students to provide donations. Volunteers sort the gently used items by size and gender and use a 17x13 dedicated room to store and display the donated items. Since all of the items are donated we do not have any expenses besides our overhead costs such as rent but receive enough donations that the room is always full of inventory and many clients take items from it.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82

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: -54.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $92K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.