THE LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES

EIN 57-1053570 FLORENCE, SC

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Revenue 2024: $807,391
Expenses 2024: $772,592

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: P60Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 1416 W EVANS ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. THESE INCLUDE HELP WITH RENT AND UTILITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND INDVIDUALS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES. IT HELPS WITH MORTGAGES, RENT, UTILITIES, AND FOOD.

PROGRAM THROUGH LIGHTHOUSE MINISTRIES MAIN MISSION TO PROVIDE

Expenses $565,954 · Grants $95,696 · Revenue $734,244
PROGRAM THROUGH CHILDRENS TRUST FUND OF SOUTH CAROLINA THAT DEALS

Expenses $94,721 · Revenue $75,901
PROGRAM FOR BUILDING RAMPS FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED.

Expenses $3,678 · Revenue $11,332

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Paige ArdPAIGE ARD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Wesley SnowWESLEY SNOW

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jay LavrincJAY LAVRINC

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tiffany StrausTIFFANY STRAUS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
K BrownK BROWN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Traci CowardTRACI COWARD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
David Kahn JrDAVID KAHN JR

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
R PetersonR PETERSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
M HinsonM HINSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Thomas McKenziTHOMAS MCKENZI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
C PisanchikC PISANCHIK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
J YacoubianJ YACOUBIAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kim CarnellKIM CARNELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Taylor YarnaiTAYLOR YARNAI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Cecelia MeggsCECELIA MEGGS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$807,391

Expenses

$772,592

Contributions

$739,870

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$668,644

Expenses

$757,929

Contributions

$619,041

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$682,682

Expenses

$654,104

Contributions

$642,725

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$807,391	$772,592	$739,870	$0
2023	$668,644	$757,929	$619,041	$0
2022	$682,682	$654,104	$642,725	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$793,450

Expenses

$656,191

Assets (EOY)

$792,190
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,080,688

Expenses

$590,344

Assets (EOY)

$653,074
2019 · 990

Revenue

$508,266

Expenses

$470,207

Assets (EOY)

$436,723
2018 · 990

Revenue

$416,020

Expenses

$385,747

Assets (EOY)

$448,828
2017 · 990

Revenue

$425,279

Expenses

$452,036

Assets (EOY)

$103,945
2016 · 990

Revenue

$371,175

Expenses

$421,558

Assets (EOY)

$105,896
2015 · 990

Revenue

$350,795

Expenses

$363,404

Assets (EOY)

$155,425
2014 · 990

Revenue

$339,060

Expenses

$316,742

Assets (EOY)

$144,941
2013 · 990

Revenue

$299,274

Expenses

$327,433

Assets (EOY)

$138,076
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$406,696

Assets (EOY)

$157,983

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$793,450	$656,191	$792,190
2020	990	$1,080,688	$590,344	$653,074
2019	990	$508,266	$470,207	$436,723
2018	990	$416,020	$385,747	$448,828
2017	990	$425,279	$452,036	$103,945
2016	990	$371,175	$421,558	$105,896
2015	990	$350,795	$363,404	$155,425
2014	990	$339,060	$316,742	$144,941
2013	990	$299,274	$327,433	$138,076
2012	990	not reported	$406,696	$157,983

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

CHILDRENS TRUST FUND OF SOUTH CAROLINA

$91,242

2022 STRENGTHENING FAMILIES PROGRAM
FORGOOD INC

$58,261

2024 UNRESTRICTED
FORGOOD INC

$40,692

2023 UNRESTRICTED
FORGOOD INC

$38,451

2022 UNRESTRICTED
UNITED WAY OF FLORENCE COUNTY

$35,801

2023 PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
UNITED WAY OF FLORENCE COUNTY

$33,011

2022 PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
EASTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITYFOUNDATION INC

$27,600

2023 PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL RESIDENCE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

$26,904

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
EASTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITYFOUNDATION INC

$17,500

2024 PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL RESIDENCE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
EASTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITYFOUNDATION INC

$16,620

2022 PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL RESIDENCE IN FINANCIAL CRISIS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.