LION OF LIGHT MINISTRIES INC

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2025 · Form 990EZ · revenue $115K · expenses $115K · assets $19K

EIN
45-5346352
Address
PO BOX 912, MARICOPA, AZ 85139-0317
Website
WWW.LIONOFLIGHT.ORG
NTEE code
X21
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 2014 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

RELIGIOUS

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

2 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Charles S Powell President2016-2025 $43,080$585,890 1
Terry Hudson (former) DIRECTOR AND MANAGER OF MEDIA2018-2019 $500$21,950 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Amanda Powell Treasurer2017-2025 3 $0 reported 1
James Hedberg Director2017-2025 3 $0 reported 1
Robert Nath Director2019-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Michael Hartman Director2025 0 $0 reported 1
Michael Fickess (former) DIRECTOR2018-2019 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 5 people listed · 1 paid, $43K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $43,080-- $43,0801
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
MICHAEL HARTMAN Director0 $0-- $01
2024 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $64K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $63,714-- $63,7141
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
2023 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $52K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $52,263-- $52,2631
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
2022 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $53K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $52,732-- $52,7321
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
2021 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $58K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $58,478-- $58,4781
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
2020 · 4 people listed · 1 paid, $88K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL President50 $68,345-$19,200 $87,5451
AMANDA POWELL Treasurer3 $0-- $01
JAMES HEDBERG Director3 $0-- $01
ROBERT NATH Director2 $0-- $01
2019 · 6 people listed · 2 paid, $65K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL PRESIDENT50 $45,746-$19,200 $64,9461
TERRY HUDSON DIRECTOR AND MANAGER OF MEDIA3 $500-$0 $5001
AMANDA POWELL SECRETARY TREASURER3 $0-$0 $01
JAMES HEDBERG DIRECTOR3 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL FICKESS DIRECTOR1 $0-$0 $01
ROBERT NATH DIRECTOR2 $0-$0 $01
2018 · 5 people listed · 2 paid, $71K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL PRESIDENT50 $30,210-$19,200 $49,4101
TERRY HUDSON DIRECTOR AND MANAGER OF MEDIA32 $21,450-$0 $21,4501
AMANDA POWELL SECRETARY TREASURER3 $0-$0 $01
JAMES HEDBERG DIRECTOR3 $0-$0 $01
MICHAEL FICKESS DIRECTOR3 $0-$0 $01
2017 · 3 people listed · 1 paid, $71K · 1 employee · 25 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL PRESIDENT45 $51,425$0$19,200 $70,6251
AMANDA POWELL SECRETARY TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
JAMES HEDBERG DIRECTOR3 $0$0$0 $01
2016 · 1 person listed · 1 paid, $43K
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
CHARLES S POWELL PRESIDENT45 $22,255-$20,842 $43,0971

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

2017 · 2 grants to organizations · $15K

Listed grants add up to $15,382; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $29,162. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990EZ period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$115,207$114,597 $19,153$12,318 $115,207- ---
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$136,826$138,226 $25,492$11,708 $136,826- ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$182,050$167,898 $24,540$13,108 $181,797- ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$122,196$129,409 $4,502-$1,044 $121,872- ---
2021 · Form 990EZ period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$148,673$147,410 $6,935$6,169 $148,556- ---
2020 · Form 990EZ period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$170,146$159,908 $4,906$4,906 $170,146- ---
2019 · Form 990EZ period ending 2019-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$166,029$157,067 $766-$5,332 $165,819- ---
2018 · Form 990EZ period ending 2018-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$186,335$195,140 $3,118-$14,294 $183,869- ---
2017 · Form 990 period ending 2017-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$209,264$201,336 $12,693-$5,489 $204,848$4,416 $70,625125
2016 · Form 990EZ period ending 2016-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$115,971$125,905 $5,604-$13,418 $115,368- ---

Funders of this organization

1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $22 in all, tax years 2023 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “LION OF LIGHT MINISTRIES INC” 2023 1$22 2023$22
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Who funds organizations like this

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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$377,44049 162012–2024 WHITE HORSE MINISTRIES; KINGDOM LIVING MINISTRIES; LIVING SHIELD MINISTRIES; MINISTERIO HISPANO INTERNATIONAL INC and 12 more
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$219,25018 52017–2024 NEXT STEP MINISTRIES; WHITE HORSE MINISTRIES; LIGHT OF THE WORLD MINISTRIES INCORPORATED; DETERMINETRUTH INC and 1 more
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$81,3756 42016–2024 MIRACLE LIFE MINISTRIES INC; HARVEST MINISTRIES OF ORLANDO INC; LIGHT OF THE WORLD MINISTRIES INCORPORATED; NEXT STEP MINISTRIES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$50,4003 32014–2024 DETERMINETRUTH INC; GREAT GRACE MINISTRIES INC; DAREN LINDLEY MINISTRIES INC
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND DAF sponsor$49,9914 12020–2024 MASJID AL AHAD INC
MIKE AND LINDA VAN DAELE FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$47,5008 12013–2024 LIVING SHIELD MINISTRIES
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990EZ · $114,597 spent · pay $79,080 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $79,080 69.0%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $29,362 25.6%
Fees to independent contractors $5,748 5.0%
Printing, publications, postage $407 0.4%
Total$114,597100%

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2024 · Form 990EZ · $138,226 spent · pay $92,104 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $92,104 66.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $32,058 23.2%
Fees to independent contractors $13,624 9.9%
Printing, publications, postage $440 0.3%
Total$138,226100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $167,898 spent · pay $78,663 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $87,117 51.9%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $78,663 46.9%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,371 0.8%
Fees to independent contractors $425 0.3%
Printing, publications, postage $322 0.2%
Total$167,898100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $129,409 spent · pay $79,132 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $79,132 61.1%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $47,483 36.7%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $2,105 1.6%
Fees to independent contractors $400 0.3%
Printing, publications, postage $289 0.2%
Total$129,409100%

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2021 · Form 990EZ · $147,410 spent · pay $84,878 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $84,878 57.6%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $60,777 41.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,484 1.0%
Printing, publications, postage $271 0.2%
Total$147,410100%

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2020 · Form 990EZ · $159,908 spent · pay $87,545 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $87,545 54.7%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $66,109 41.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,147 3.2%
Printing, publications, postage $682 0.4%
Fees to independent contractors $425 0.3%
Total$159,908100%

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2019 · Form 990EZ · $157,067 spent · pay $64,943 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $73,456 46.8%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $64,943 41.3%
Fees to independent contractors $11,632 7.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $6,315 4.0%
Printing, publications, postage $721 0.5%
Total$157,067100%

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2018 · Form 990EZ · $195,140 spent · pay $49,410 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $76,770 39.3%
Fees to independent contractors $59,234 30.4%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $49,410 25.3%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $9,045 4.6%
Printing, publications, postage $681 0.3%
Total$195,140100%

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2017 · Form 990 · $201,336 spent · pay $70,625 · grants $29,162 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $70,625$51,425$19,200- 35.1%
Travel $27,145$27,145-- 13.5%
Grants to US organizations and governments $24,607$24,607-- 12.2%
Fees: accounting $17,270$12,200$5,070- 8.6%
Advertising and promotion $15,298$15,298-- 7.6%
Fees: other services $13,827$13,827-- 6.9%
Occupancy $7,097-$7,097- 3.5%
Office expenses $5,587$587$5,000- 2.8%
Other (as described)COMMUNICATIONS $5,019$4,200$819- 2.5%
Grants to US individuals $4,555$4,555-- 2.3%
Other (as described)BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES $3,476$450$3,026- 1.7%
Other (as described)CONFERENCE EXPENSES $2,609$2,609-- 1.3%
Information technology $1,670-$1,670- 0.8%
Fees: management $900$600$300- 0.4%
All other expenses $825$600$225- 0.4%
Other (as described)CONTINUING EDUCATION $805$805-- 0.4%
Interest $21-$21- 0.0%
Total$201,336100%

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2016 · Form 990EZ · $125,905 spent · pay $43,097 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $51,904 41.2%
Salaries, other pay and benefits $43,097 34.2%
Fees to independent contractors $24,422 19.4%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $5,616 4.5%
Printing, publications, postage $866 0.7%
Total$125,905100%

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