LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $945K · expenses $945K · assets $1.3M

EIN

52-2137309

Address

PO BOX 54494, LEXINGTON, KY 40555-4494

Website

lighthouselex.org

NTEE code

P20

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

August 2023 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt: reinstated May 15, 2023 after an automatic revocation on May 15, 2023 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

WE SERVE LUNCH AND DINNER AND OFFER PRAYER AND COUNSEL THROUGH OUR DINING WITH DIGNITY MINISTRY WHERE A SPEAKER SHARES GOD'S LOVE WITH OUR GUESTS BEFORE EACH MEAL. WE EQUIP PEOPLE WITH ADEQUATE SHOES AND SOCKS WITH OUR MICHAEL'S FEET MINISTRY. WE PROVIDE HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED THROUGH OUR NEWEST SELF-CARE MINISTRY. LIGHTHOUSE PARTNERS WITH GOD'S PANTRY AND FEEDING AMERICA TO RESCUE FOOD FROM GROCERY STORES AND RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PICK UP APPROXIMATELY 300,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE, MEAT, BAKERY, DELI AND CANNED GOODS 5 DAYS A WEEK. WE DISTRIBUTE OUR EXCESS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. WE PREPARE 13 HOT MEALS PER WEEK AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY CLOTHES AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS. A DEVOTION IS PRESENTED AT EACH MEAL.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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

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

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

13 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.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

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.

Funders of this organization

13 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,103,351 in all, tax years 2012 to 2024. 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

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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.