Nonprofit · EIN 47-3602054
LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC
Tax-exempt · JEFFERSON, IA 50129
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990-EZ | $79,811 | $45,334 | $34,477 | $107,847 | – | $107,847 |
Financial details: 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $79,811
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $978
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $5,492
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $5,492
- Professional fees and payments to contractors
- $199
- Occupancy
- $15,025
- Other expenses
- $23,640
- Program services (functional)
- $43,248
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $73,370
- Total assets, end of year
- $107,847
- Total liabilities, end of year
- –
- Net assets, end of year
- $107,847
- Cash, savings and investments
- $60,647
- Land and buildings
- $42,187
- Gross receipts
- $79,811
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH NAZAR | SECRETARY | 2 | $5,492 |
| EDWARD NAZAR | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM SUTTON | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID SCHROEDER | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| TERRY LANG | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| OMEGA SANG | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| BARBARA HALVERSON | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1464 190TH ST, JEFFERSON, IA 50129-7003
- In care of
- % SARAH NAZAR
- Mailing address (990-N for 2024)
- 1464 190th Street, Jefferson IA 50129
- Principal officer (990-N for 2024)
- Sarah Nazar, 1464 190th Street, Jefferson IA 50129
- Signed the 990-EZ
- SARAH NAZAR, SECRETARY
- Phone
- (515) 386-2735
- Website
- livinghopeministrieshn.org
- Return prepared by
- FOUNDATION GROUP INC
Mission
PROVIDING HOPE THROUGH MINISTRY, HOUSING, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
Program accomplishments
- HOPE HOUSE ORPHANAGE OUTREACH: HOPE HOUSE IS AN ORPHANAGE LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF POTRERILLOS, ABOUT 50 MINUTES FROM IGLESIA ESPERANZA VIVA (LHM'S PARTNER CHURCH) IN SAN PEDRO SULA. LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE ORPHANAGE FOR 10 YEARS. HOPE HOUSE IS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY OF APPROXIMATELY 16 CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, COMPLETELY LOVED BY THEIR FATHER GOD. THE CHILDREN ARE EDUCATED AND CARED FOR AT THE ORPHANAGE. LHM PROVIDES A MONTHLY DONATION OF 54 POUNDS OF BEEF, CHICKEN AND LIVER TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SOURCES OF PROTEIN FOR THE CHILDRENS NUTRITION. A VISITING MISSION TEAM PROVIDED A MAJOR REMODELING PROJECT OF THE CHILDRENS DORMITORIES AND THE KITCHEN IN 2025. LHM DONORS ALSO PROVIDE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS EACH YEAR FOR ALL THE CHILDREN. THE CONGREGATION OF IGLESIA ESPERANZA VIVA VISITS THE ORPHANAGE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL TEACHING TO THE CHILDREN, A DAY OF FUN ACTIVITIES, AND TO CONTINUE BUILDING LONG TERM RELATIONSHIPS. TWO OF THE GIRLS WHO GREW UP AT HOPE HOUSE ARE CURRENTLY COMPLETING COLLEGE DEGREES AND ARE NOW ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH.Expenses $17,885 · grants $978
- EL VOLCAN SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH: EL VOLCAN IS A SMALL TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF HONDURAS WITH A SCHOOL OF 140+ STUDENTS. LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES HAS BEEN PROVIDING OUTREACH TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR 11 YEARS. PAST PROJECTS INCLUDE BUILDING BLEACHERS FOR THE SCHOOL, NEW STAIRS AND SIDEWALKS, A SOCCER FIELD, CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THE STUDENTS EACH YEAR, 100 BAGS OF FOOD DONATED TO FAMILIES DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, AND AN ANNUAL DONATION OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND/OR BACKPACKS FOR EACH CHILD.Expenses $5,657
- EXPANSION PROJECT OF IGLESIA ESPERANZA VIVA (LIVING HOPE CHURCH): ISAIAH 54:2-3 SAYS, "ENLARGE THE PLACE OF YOUR TENT, AND LET THEM STRETCH OUT THE CURTAINS OF YOUR DWELLINGS; DO NOT SPARE; LENGTHEN YOUR CORDS, AND STRENGTHEN YOUR STAKES. FOR YOU SHALL EXPAND TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT, AND YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE NATIONS, AND MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES INHABITED." THE VISION OF THIS PROGRAM IS NOT ONLY TO ENLARGE A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE BUT TO EXPAND THE KINGDOM OF GOD HERE ON EARTH AS THE CHURCH GROWS, MORE SPACE IS NEEDED FOR SOULS TO BE SAVED AND DISCIPLED THROUGH THE POWERFUL AND LIVING WORD OF GOD. AS LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES CONTINUES TO DO OUTREACH IN SAN PEDRO SULA, A LARGER CHURCH IS NECESSARY FOR PEOPLE TO FIND HOPE AND A PLACE OF BELONGING AS A FAMILY. CHURCH MEMBERS ARE DISCIPLED THROUGH A 39-WEEK COURSE THAT EQUIPS THEM TO THEN REACH OUT TO ASSIST OTHERS PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. LIVING HOPE CHURCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO ACCOMMODATE 250 PEOPLE ON A SUNDAY MORNING, INCLUDING ALL NEW CHAIRS IN THE SANCTUARY.Expenses $4,512
- MISSION TEAM OUTREACHES: LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES AND IGLESIA ESPERANZA VIVA HAVE BEEN BRINGING MISSION TEAMS TO HONDURAS SINCE 2016. FROM 2016 TO 2024, JUST ONE TEAM CAME FROM IOWA EVERY OTHER YEAR. IN 2025, THE VISION FOR TEAMS WAS EXPANDED AND A SECOND TEAM CAME FROM FLORIDA. IN 2026, THERE WILL BE 3 TEAMS INCLUDING THE FIRST MEDICAL BRIGADE OUTREACH. EACH TEAM IS INVOLVED WITH PHYSICAL PROJECTS AT HOPE HOUSE, EL VOLCAN AND THE CHURCH. TEAMS ALSO DO HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL VISITS, STREET EVANGELISM, AND GIVE OUT FOOD AS NEEDED IN EACH LOCATION. MINISTRY HOUSING PROJECT: ON MAY 27, 2025, A NEW MINISTRY OF LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES BEGAN WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PLOT OF LAND OF AN AREA OF 1,009 VARAS IN THE COMMUNITY OF EL SAPOTAL. A VISION OF PROVIDING LOW-COST HOUSING FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF IGLESIA ESPERANZA VIVA HAD BEGUN, WITH THE VISION TO HELP FAMILIES THAT STRUGGLE TO PAY TO LIVE IN A HIGH RENT CITY ENVIRONMENT. THERE IS ENOUGH AREA TO DEVELOP 4 SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING UNITS ON THE PURCHASED LAND. IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, A TRACTOR WAS HIRED AND THE LAND WAS CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE DESIGN ARCHITECT TO FORM A SITE PLAN FOR THE UNITS. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROJECT THAT MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO COMPLETE, IT WILL SERVE A NEED WITHIN THE CHURCH COMMUNITY THAT IS PRESSING AND VERY APPARENT TO THOSE THAT KNOW THE INDIVIDUALS WHICH WILL BE SERVED BY THIS PROJECT.Expenses $15,194
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990-EZ on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990-N on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990-N on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 47-3602054
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $107,847
- Income (IRS master file)
- $79,811
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990-EZ | December 2025 | $79,811 | $45,334 | $107,847 | XML |
| 990-N for 2024 Officer: Sarah Nazar | December 31, 2024 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2023 Officer: Sarah Nazar | December 31, 2023 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2021 Officer: Sarah Nazar | December 31, 2021 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2020 Officer: Sarah Nazar | December 31, 2020 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990-N for 2019 Officer: Sarah Nazar | December 31, 2019 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-3602054).
Questions about LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC
- What is the EIN of LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC is 47-3602054.
- Is LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.
- Are donations to LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990-EZ for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC?
- The 990-N for 2024 names Sarah Nazar.
- Who are the officers and directors of LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC?
- The 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $5,492 (SARAH NAZAR, SECRETARY).
- How much revenue does LIVING HOPE MINISTRIES INC have?
- On its 990-EZ for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $79,811, expenses of $45,334 and total assets of $107,847 at year end.
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