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Lightsys Technology Services Inc

EIN 58-2456306 · Colorado Spgs, CO

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood73 out of 100GovernanceFair56 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

LightSys exists for the worship of God; for assisting in the fulfillment of Jesus Christ's great commission; and for the discipleship, mobilization, and encouragement of believers in Jesus. These purposes include, without limitation, the provision of IT consulting, IT training, software services, and missions mobilization, to missionaries and non-profit Christian missions organizations.

Income
$288,665
Spending
$291,328
Spent on programs
84%
Reserves
4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 93%
Employees
7
Volunteers
119
Highest pay
$78,440, president/ceo and board member

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 73 out of 100. Higher than 47% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).

  • Reserves

    20 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 4.0 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 3% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    8 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.

  • Income trend

    10 of 15

    Income fell 7% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    84% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 6 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Fair: 56 out of 100. Higher than 42% of charities in its peer group (religion, $250k to $1m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    4 of 6 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    0 of 15

    Reports no written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    0 of 8

    Reports no written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • Independent check of accounts

    6 of 15

    Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $101,488 spent. Program: Software Research and Development for Missions. During 2024, we continued work on the Kardia missionary sending software system, with a goal to provide missions with free-of-charge, flexible, and secure data processing for missionary sending offices. Kardia development in 2024 focused on integrations, research tools, and machine learning. We also continued support for Midwife-EMR, an EMR system for missionary maternity clinics in the developing world, with three total deployments. We also hosted our thirteenth annual Spring Break Code-a-Thon for Missions, in March 2024, with 60 attendees working on fourteen projects for ten mission organizations. In all of these things, we emphasize the need for the leading of the Spirit of God in order to see true fruitfulness when developing technology for world missions.
  2. $68,682 spent. Program: Technology Consulting for Christian Missions. During 2024, we assisted organizations sixteen times in-person and provided significant remote assistance to many more organizations as well throughout the year. Our goal in all of these things is to help missionaries and mission organizations focus more effectively on the work of Christ's Great Commission, by providing them with the Spirit-led, quality, and free-of-charge technology consulting that they otherwise would not be able to obtain.
  3. $53,744 spent. Program: Missions Mobilization, Discipleship, and Training. During 2024 we carried on discipleship and training activities in conjunction with our consulting work. We also emphasized discipleship and training in our one-year and summer internship programs, with one intern participating during 2024. We hosted the 2024 International Conference on Computing and Mission with 67 in attendance, with a focus on prayer, worship, Bible teaching, fellowship, and 19 formal and 12 informal workshops and break-out sessions on various leadership, technology, and spiritual growth topics. Our goal with this event is to build up the body of Christ by encouraging and empowering the work of evangelism around the world. We also helped to encourage two other ICCM conferences in Africa. We also visited two universities in person, speaking to students one-on-one and in classes, seeking to encourage and mobilize people with Spirit-led technology skills (particularly computer science) to get involved in world missionary work. We mailed out (for free) over 150 copies of our 10/40 Window prayer and mobilization poster to people who requested it, and gave away many copies of the poster in person as well.
  4. $21,512 spent. Program: Strategic Technology for World Missions. During 2024 we continued to support the Mission Infobank website with additions and updates, for a total of over 30,000 resources and references. We continued to expand an online GIS system to serve the mission community with a pilot project for one client, supported the Registry of Geographies for the Harvest Information System, facilitated the involvement of Christians in ministry GIS work, provided training to missionaries on GIS use, and created or updated over 240 maps and resources for five mission clients.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since August 2000.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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