Ohio · Nonprofit
GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC
GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,602 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($22,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $138M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $49M
What Gospel Light Mennonite Church Medical Aid Plan Inc does
Mission
Shepherd the christian tradition of healthcare sharing through prayer, education, personal responsibility, and stewardship of the community's resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gospel light mennonite church medical aid plan, inc., dba liberty healthshare, is a not-for-profit health care sharing ministry. In general, a health care sharing ministry is a tax-exempt organization whose members share a common set of ethical or religious beliefs and share medical expenses in accordance with those beliefs, even after a member develops a medical condition.since 1995, liberty healthshare has equipped health-conscious christian individuals and families to make wise healthcare decisions. Our supportive community commits to bearing one another's burdens in prayer, encouragement and financial support. By emphasizing good stewardship of our bodies and our healthcare spending, and providing helpful advice, we help our members stay in good health, budget for medical needs and reduce the overwhelming complexity of navigating our nation's medical care system.participants share in the medical, hospice, and burial costs of others who have joined together to aid each other.
$101,273,922 spent100% of program spendingThe sharing hearts fund was established to provide financial support for stark county, ohio area families in need. Initially designed for needs related to pediatric wellness, the program's scope was expanded to include other needs for those in the stark county area. All funds awarded under the sharing hearts fund are generated through separate donations and efforts that have no impact on the contributions or sharepower of liberty healthshare members.
$45,886 spentof which $45,886 as grants0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $101,319,808.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $30M to $54M (+81%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Don Brewer
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2020: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $11k → $28k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 53% · 2020 61% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
84% of GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $6k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC has grown faster than half of the 28 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 28 religion nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC?
- GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,602 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($22,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $38,602 in grants to GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $22,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOSPEL LIGHT MENNONITE CHURCH MEDICAL AID PLAN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing