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LifeLight Communications

EIN 46-0460742Religion South Dakota Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Taking the Church outside the walls, bringing light into the darkness

Since 1998 LifeLight Communications has worked to unite churches and ministries together in moving forward with the call that God has given us, and that call is stronger than ever. There are three parts of our calling: reaching, raising, and sending. Sharing the life-changing power of Jesus is at the front of everything we do. Our goal in the years ahead is to expose one million people with a clear presentation of this Good News. Partnering with churches and other ministries, we help disciple teenagers and adults in knowing and living God's word in their daily life. This involves developing student leaders on campus, raising youth pastors, preparing counselors at events, equipping those going on mission trips, and following up on new believers. We send people into their world and into the world to reach people for Christ.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

67.10Overall score
out of 100

80.00Financial score
out of 100

58.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$955,780

Total expenses · USD$1,347,099

Program expenses

$1,185,447.12 recorded amount

88.0%

Fundraising expenses

$61,966.55 recorded amount

4.6%

Administrative expenses

$96,991.13 recorded amount

7.2%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.05 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Alan Greene
Recorded compensation: $75,744.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 5.62%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for LifeLight Communications
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	58.0
`category` Category	Religion
`description` Mission & description	Since 1998 LifeLight Communications has worked to unite churches and ministries together in moving forward with the call that God has given us, and that call is stronger than ever. There are three parts of our calling: reaching, raising, and sending. Sharing the life-changing power of Jesus is at the front of everything we do. Our goal in the years ahead is to expose one million people with a clear presentation of this Good News. Partnering with churches and other ministries, we help disciple teenagers and adults in knowing and living God's word in their daily life. This involves developing student leaders on campus, raising youth pastors, preparing counselors at events, equipping those going on mission trips, and following up on new believers. We send people into their world and into the world to reach people for Christ.
`ein` EIN	46-0460742
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1347099.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.07200000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.05
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.046
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.88
`fscore` Financial score	80.0
`leader` Recorded leader	Alan Greene
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	75744.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0562
`motto` Tagline	Taking the Church outside the walls, bringing light into the darkness
`name` Charity name	LifeLight Communications
`tot_rev` Total revenue	955780.0
`score` Overall score	67.1
`state` State code	SD
`subcategory` Subcategory	Religious Activities
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	1185447.12
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	61966.554
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	96991.12800000001

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 46-0460742
Source category: Religion
Source subcategory: Religious Activities
Recorded location: South Dakota (SD)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.