Florida · Nonprofit
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC (Florida) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,406,743 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($754,983). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What Lighthouse Ministries Inc does
Mission
Lighthouse ministries, inc. Is set apart by the spirit of god to communicate the gospel of jesus christ to meet the physical, emotional, and other needs of the poor and at-risk population.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2025, lighthouse ministries entered into a resident community-based service memorandum of understanding to provide a resident community-based service coordination plan for the plateau village apartments in lakeland, fl. Please see explanation for part iii, line 4d for more information.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Residential rescue and recovery programs: lighthouse ministries provides gospel-centered rescue and recovery services for men, women, and children experiencing homelessness, poverty, addiction, and trauma. Through shelter, meals, case management, education, workforce development, counseling, spiritual care, and supportive housing, individuals are surrounded by consistent relationships and practical next steps that help them experience god's peace, life purpose, and fulfilled potential. Lighthouse has served in west central florida for 49 years.(continued on schedule o).
$2,057,978 spentof which $15,687 as grants$127,345 earned by the program57% of program spendingCommunity outreach programs:lighthouse's presence extends beyond the walls of the life learning campus into neighborhoods, housing communities, retail ministry spaces, and crisis situations across west central florida.through hope centers located inside lighthouse thrift stores, individuals and families receive food boxes and access to household goods, clothing, furniture, and other basic needs according to their situation. Each food box includes enough food to help feed four people for four days. (continued on schedule o).
$819,463 spentof which $293,234 as grants23% of program spendingPreschool and xtreme kid's clubs:lighthouse ministries provides gospel-centered services for children in lakeland through an onsite community preschool, after-school care for children living in residential recovery, and kid's club programs serving elementary and middle school children in a west lakeland underserved neighborhood.(continued on schedule o).
$543,587 spentof which $300 as grants$121,732 earned by the program15% of program spendingHomeless intervention programs: through its gospel-centered homeless intervention programs, lighthouse ministries provides crisis assessment, financial assistance, transportation, and connection to community resources to help individuals and families avoid or quickly exit homelessness. The goal of these programs is to help people maintain stable housing when possible or reduce the length of time they experience homelessness in the communities of west central florida.homeless intervention staff serve across multiple cities and counties, working with individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis to determine the most appropriate path toward stability. Through strong relationships with community providers, staff help connect individuals and families with lighthouse rescue and recovery services or other partner agencies best equipped to meet their needs. Staff also assist with rent or utility payments in arrears, transportation, and other immediate needs contributing to housing instability or homelessness. Transportation support often includes coordinating services with partner agencies and helping individuals safely reach those services.lighthouse also collaborates with…
$197,463 spentof which $2,499 as grants$47,250 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,618,491.
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 $7.6M to $8.7M (+15%).
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.
159% of LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Steve Turbeville
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Ashley Troutman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $139k → $538k.
9 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 29% · 2019 59% · 2020 19% · 2021 26% · 2022 58% · 2023 34% — 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
42% of LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
86% of LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 16 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,325 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $20k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LIGHTHOUSE 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 33 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Beacon Legacy Foundation Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC?
- LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC (Florida) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,406,743 to it, the largest being GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($754,983). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $2,406,743 in grants to LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC?
- GIVEWELL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $754,983 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 42 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