Minnesota · Nonprofit
LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL
LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $609,960 to it, the largest being SID AND CAROL VERDOORN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $439k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $610k
- Net assets
- $176k
What Lamplighters International does
Mission
To train intentional disciple-makers for god's glory and local church ministry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, Lamplighters International conducted seminars and workshops focused on training individuals to become intentional discipleship leaders using a structured bible study format. A new prayer initiative was launched, supported by dedicated resources and the formation of a prayer committee. Additionally, a social media outreach campaign was implemented to broaden engagement across diverse demographic groups.
$208,615 spent60% of program spendingThe organization enhanced its discipleship bible study and training program by integrating a video-based training component. A new bible study curriculum covering the books of 1, 2, and 3 john was developed and published. The "bible study in a box" resource was finalized and made available for purchase.
$139,077 spent$41,782 earned by the program40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $347,692.
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 2019 to 2020, from $91k to $215k (+137%).
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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL’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. 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.
Chief executive
John Stewart
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $13k → $154k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL’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
LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 25% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
70% 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 LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 41% · 2019 53% · 2020 54% · 2021 50% · 2022 38% · 2023 37% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
67% of LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL'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 $183k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from funders outside Minnesota, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $427k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL's revenue grew 66% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL: 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 LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL?
- LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL (Minnesota) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $609,960 to it, the largest being SID AND CAROL VERDOORN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $609,960 in grants to LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL?
- SID AND CAROL VERDOORN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAMPLIGHTERS INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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