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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH MINISTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$491,916
Total expenses
$523,141
Contributions and grants received
$295,146
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$48,008
Other revenue
$148,762
Total assets, end of year
$3,360,035
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,366
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,354,669
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$391,149
Management and general expenses
$108,548
Fundraising expenses
$23,444
Program service expenses (Part III)
$391,149

Program services were 74.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $295,146

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,008 · related or exempt $48,008

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $172,359

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $23,597

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $148,762 · excluded $148,762

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $81,159 · program services $24,348 · management and general $40,580 · fundraising $16,231

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $160,976 · program services $134,054 · management and general $21,936 · fundraising $4,986

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,772 · program services $3,776 · management and general $1,490 · fundraising $506

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,636 · program services $12,845 · management and general $5,070 · fundraising $1,721

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,600 · program services $6,880 · management and general $1,720

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,370 · program services $26,696 · management and general $6,674

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,117 · program services $1,694 · management and general $423

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $69,453 · program services $55,562 · management and general $13,891

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $19,575 · program services $15,660 · management and general $3,915

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM COSTS

    total $55,829 · program services $55,829

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE

    total $35,365 · program services $28,292 · management and general $7,073

  • 24c · Other expenses: HEAT AND ELECTRIC

    total $17,082 · program services $13,665 · management and general $3,417

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $3,687 · program services $2,950 · management and general $737

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $10,520 · program services $8,898 · management and general $1,622

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,420,182 · end of year $1,424,817

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,695,948

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $794,661

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,970,740 · end of year $1,901,287

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $33,931

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,028 · end of year $5,366

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,136,909 · end of year $3,119,146

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $248,985 · end of year $235,523

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER IS A PARA-CHURCH ORGANIZATION EMBRACING THE VISION OF REACHING UNCHURCHED YOUTH WITH A RELEVANT MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST. WE WORK ON THE PREMISE THAT THE CHURCH MUST REACH OUT TO UNCHURCHED YOUTH AND THAT A GENUINE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST DEMANDS A HOLISTIC APPROACH WHEN DOING SO, THUS MINISTERING TO THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE YOUTH. WE ALSO REALIZE THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THESE UNCHURHCED YOUTH WILL NOT COME TO A TRADITIONAL CHURCH SETTING, THUS THE NEED FOR A FACILITY THAT IS NEUTRAL WHERE VOLUNTEERS CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE YOUTH ON 'THEIR TURF' SO TO SPEAK. BASED ON THESE PRINCIPALS, OUR APPROACH TO YOUTH EVANGELISM IS TO REACH OUT TO YOUTH THROUGH PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: ART AND MUSIC PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP, TUTORING, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, CAMP, AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES. OUR FREE SUPPER MEAL IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER TO

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH CENTER IS A PARA- CHURCH ORGANIZATION EMBRACING THE VISION OF REACHING UNCHURCHED YOUTH WITH A RELEVANT MESSAGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST.

  • OUR APPROACH TO YOUTH EVANGELISM IS TO REACH OUT TO YOUTH THROUGHPROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING: ARTAND MUSIC PROGRAMS, HOMEWORK HELP, TUTORING, BASKETBALL, SOCCER,CAMP, AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES. OUR FREE SUPPER MEAL IS THEMOST IMPACTFUL PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER TO THE LOW-INCOME, AT RISKYOUTH. DURING THIS TIME, CHILDREN ARE FED A NUTRITIOUS MEAL ANDDEVELOP SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE VOLUNTEERSAND PAID STAFF.

    Expenses $391,149

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pastor Ed Arnold

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Book

    VICE-CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Stoltzfus

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Herr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ike Myers

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolyn Shock

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ed Engle

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Josh Gregory

    BOARD CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Brown

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
12 August 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622249349301612

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