Light Bearers Ministries Inc

EIN 51-0228164 • 501(c)3 • Chester, VA

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Church Religious Organization

2500 Point Of Rocks RdChester, VA 23836

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

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Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2025

-14%

Higher net margin than 27% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

Higher top officer pay than 81% of similar nonprofits.

Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2025

-9.8%

Faster asset growth than 40% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

-0.7%

Faster revenue growth than 52% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2024 to 2025

Balance Sheet

Liabilities / AssetsScore unavailable

Assets

Down

$71,261

Down $7,716 (-9.8%) from 2024

Liabilities

No earlier filing loaded for comparison.

Net Assets

Down

$71,261

Down $7,716 (-9.8%) from 2024

Operations

Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailable Net Margin27th percentile

Revenue

Down

$55,556

Down $383 (-0.7%) from 2024

Expenses

$63,272

Up $5,874 (+10%) from 2024

Net Income

Down

-$7,716

Down $6,257 (-429%) from 2024

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Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth40th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

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2025

Assets$71,261

Liabilities-

Net Assets$71,261

Open 2025 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth52nd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

Highlighted filing

2025

Revenue$55,556

Expenses$63,272

Net Income-$7,716

Open 2025 Filing

Filings

Most recent year

2025 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing

Assets: $71,261
Liabilities: -
Net assets: $71,261
Revenue: $55,556
Expenses: $63,272
Net income: -$7,716

	Balance Sheet			Operations
Year	Assets	Liabilities	Net Assets	Revenue	Expenses	Net Income
2025Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$71.3		$71.3	$55.6	$63.3	$7.72
2024Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$79.0	$0.00	$79.0	$55.9	$57.4	$1.46
2023Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$80.4	$0.00	$80.4	$70.2	$62.6	$7.57
2022Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$72.9	$0.00	$72.9	$61.4	$64.7	$3.33
2021Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.	$76.2	$0.00	$76.2	$50.6	$52.7	$2.10
2020Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$78.3	$0.00		$53.4	$46.9	$6.50
2019Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$71.8	$0.00		$49.9	$53.0	$3.08
2018Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$71.2	$0.00		$52.2	$61.2	$8.94
2017Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$81.1	$0.00		$55.9	$45.3	$10.7
2016Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$71.4	$3.04		$48.7	$53.0	$4.31
2015Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$75.2	$0.00		$57.4	$53.8	$3.57
2014Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$47.8	$0.00		$51.8	$47.3	$4.56
2013Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$62.9	$0.00		$61.4	$41.8	$19.6
2012Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$47.5	$0.00		$33.9	$29.6	$4.25
2011Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.	$50.1	$0.00		$31.9	$31.5	$0.32

Latest Filing Detail

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Filing Snapshot

Filing Period: Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Signed: Mar 6, 2026
Return Version: 2025v4.0
Gross Receipts: $55,556

Mission and Program Overview

Mission

Church Religious Organization

Program Services

Description	Grants	Expenses
Benevolence...this program was used to assist families in need of rent utilities car insurance school equipment for students and medical needs 4 families assisted	$0	$15,998
Outreach...this program was used to assist with local food banks number of families served not known school supplies for elementary students number served over 600 students Toys For Tots number unknown Care-Box Project for deployed soldiers number unknown Donations to a assist trafficking program for women number unknown	$0	$4,984

Compensation and Service Providers

Top Officer Pay81st percentile

Employees

Name	Title	Full / Part Time	Base	Other	Total
Rev Betty A Hobbs	President	FT	$0	-	-
Janice Dale	Vice President	-	$0	-	-
Laurie Perrault	Secretary	-	$0	-	-
Shirley Walls	Treasurer	-	$0	-	-
Lona Parr	Director	-	$0	-	-
Johnny Partin	Director	-	$0	-	-
Ken Godsey	Director	-	$0	-	-

Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name: Light Bearers Ministries Inc
EIN: 51-0228164
Address: 2500 POINT OF ROCKS RD, CHESTER, VA 23836

Signing Officer

Name: Rev Betty Hobbs
Title: President
Phone: 8047203616
Signed: 2026-03-06

Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Doing Business As Names

“Family of God Church”

Part I, line 10

“| Grants And Similar Amounts Paid:, Amount:| College scholarship for church member, $1000| Benevolence - This program was used to assist individuals families with payment for rent utilities food medical dental issues etc., $15998| Miscellaneous Expenses-This program was used to assist with meals for Seniors Sanctuary expenses Education Gifts Flowers Youth Dept Piano tuning and expense of filing 990 etc, $4904| Outreach-This program was used to assist with local food banks school supplies Toys for Tots Ministry project and to assist with trafficking programs for women men, $3883|”

Part I, line 16

“| Other Expenses:, Amount:| Education Expenses Publications and teaching materials, $291| Conference for Pastor Reimbursement, $349|”

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