Lighthouse Christian Ministries

Analysis

Lighthouse Christian Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Wenatchee, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Lighthouse Christian Ministries reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.2m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.3m to $1.1m (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lighthouse Christian Ministries sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rosenberg Fund for Children Inc ($1.1m), Saint Jemuel Group Family Daycare Inc ($1.1m) and P E R C Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% and program service revenue 9.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $389k. At year end it held assets of $4.8m against liabilities of $11k, net assets of $4.8m. It reported 24 employees.