Lighthouse Ministries of Georgia

Analysis

Lighthouse Ministries of Georgia is a registered charity in United States, based in Stone MTN, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, 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 Ministries of Georgia reported income of $126k and spending of $114k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $101k to $126k (+25%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lighthouse Ministries of Georgia sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Arms Inc ($126k), Sedgefield Angel Tree Helpers ($126k) and Girls on the Run of Southwest Missouri ($126k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $60k against liabilities of $42k, net assets of $18k.