Georgia · Nonprofit
HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC
HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,763 to it, the largest being THE SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC ($5,763). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $613k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Holding Forth the Word of Life Inc does
Mission
To teach the bible to all nationalities and denominations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
We are committed to teaching the bible thru the media, tv, radio, books, cd's, tapes, conferences, apostolic school, ect. Also at the premises located at 112 broad street, wrens, georgia. We have sunday morning and wednesday night services. We are a market place ministry where all people are welcome. Our vision is to expand world-wide. We have workshops to help people with life skills and teach them how to make their lives better, spiritually, physically, mentally, and economically. We have mentors that teach the bible to people that choose to take mentoring classes.
$391,174 spent$39,456 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $391,174.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $2.9M (+17%).
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.
87% of HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Linda Lariscy
CEO/founder
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $0.
From the IRS filings of HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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.
Where its funders are
HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC?
- HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,763 to it, the largest being THE SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC ($5,763). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,763 in grants to HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC?
- THE SHEPHERD'S ARMS RESCUE MISSION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,763 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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