Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC
LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,312,583 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($4,160,000). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 187
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $28M
What Light of Life Ministries Inc does
Mission
Light of life transforms lives through the love of christ by providing food, shelter, and hope to men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, or addiction to restore them as healthy members of our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Food & emergency shelter programthis program includes street homeless outreach, emergency shelter, and meal ministry with community outreach. The emergency shelter holds up to twenty-four men (more if any of the 12 housing & employment or shelter plus beds are open). Men and women can come for dinner, a shower, a bed for the night and breakfast the next morning. They also receive an invitation to receive case management. The shelter plus program adds case management for those individuals who are ready to make a change in their lives. Meal ministry encompasses the mission serving breakfast and dinner to men, women and children in the community as well as to the residents. At thanksgiving, christmas and easter, volunteers take meals prepared at the mission to senior centers in the community. An average of 285 meals is served every day. The outreach services include a food pantry, free store for clothing and other essentials, and a furniture bank. Held both mornings and evenings daily, light of life's chapel ministry delivers the gospel of christ to men and women in dire need of hope.
$5,668,843 spent58% of program spendingMen's residential programthis program includes the high commitment shelter, for men who are stable enough to work and commit to 90 days of case management, and two 12 to 18-month residential programs, the men's life recovery program and the mental health program. Residents are provided with sleeping quarters and a private storage area for his belongings. Men's programs include connections to employment, medical services, housing, counseling, case management, career advancement, and other services. Components include addiction recovery, education, career training, life skills, creative learning, treatment referrals for mental health, activities for developing social skills, bible studies and other christ-centered services. Up to 32 men are in the program at one time.
$2,128,100 spentof which $60,000 as grants$6,230 earned by the program22% of program spendingWomen & children's programsingle mothers in recovery and their children can commit to this 18-24 month recovery program. Components include addiction recovery, education, life skills, treatment referrals for mental health, activities for developing social skills, bible studies, and other christ-centered services. Also offered are subsidized apartments, assistance with transportation, help with household needs and parenting skills. A nurturing environment is available for the children as well as school supplies and meals. Up to 30 women and their children are in the program at one time.for women without children, we have the sisters' recovery house, with ten furnished apartments where the women have the opportunity to live in the community, building healthy relationships in a supportive environment.
$1,997,200 spent$600 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,794,143.
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 $11M to $19M (+82%).
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: 2017 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 1% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jerrel Gilliam
Executive director
Board chair
Natalie Kreter
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 35 funders to 84 funders, grant income rose $540k → $2.5M.
24 of 187 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 187 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.
How concentrated its funding is
LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
43% 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 LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 43% · 2019 71% · 2020 16% · 2021 17% · 2022 53% · 2023 32% — 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
56% of LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
96% of LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- L2 Community Support · exempt
- Light of Life Support Corporation · exempt
- Light of Life Support Corporation 2 · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 187 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,312,583 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($4,160,000). 119 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 187 organizations giving $17,312,583 in grants to LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC, 119 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,160,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 187 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing