Lifeline Children's Services

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Summary

Lifeline Children's Services exists to provide a hope and a future through the Gospel for children around the world by discipling, engaging, and equipping people towards adoption, foster care, and orphan care.


Contact information

Mailing address:
Lifeline Children's Services
100 Missionary Ridge
Birmingham, AL 35242

Website: lifelinechild.org

Phone: 205-967-0811

Email: [email protected]


Organization details

EIN: 630896878

CEO/President: Herbie Newell

Chairman: Doug Acton

Board size: 14

Founder:

Ruling year: 1986

Tax deductible: Yes

Fiscal year end: 12/31

Member of ECFA: Yes

Member of ECFA since: 2007


Purpose

The vision of Lifeline Children's Services is vulnerable children and their communities are transformed by the gospel and are making disciples.


Mission statement

The mission of Lifeline Children's Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children.


Statement of faith

God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)

We believe in God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; John 1:1-51; John 10:30)

We believe that Jesus Christ is the one and only begotten Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary and is fully God and fully man. (Mark 14:61; Luke 3:22; John 8:58; Colossians 2:8-9; Philippians 2:5-11)

We believe in the physical resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and His present life there for us as our High Priest and Advocate providing a sufficiency for body, soul, and spirit for the believers. (Acts 3:15; 1 Corinthians 15:12-32; Hebrews 4:14-16)

Salvation & The Work of Christ

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures as a representative, substitutionary, and complete sacrifice; and that all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. (Isaiah 53:46; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18)

We believe that all who receive by grace, through faith, the Lord Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and become children of God, and there is no other way of salvation but through Jesus. (John 1:12-14, 3:3, 5:24, 14:6; Galatians 4:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-10)

We believe in the personal, visible, and second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, at a time unknown to us but for which we are eagerly anticipating. (Matthew 24:42-44; John 14:1-3; I Thessalonians 4:16-17; Hebrews 9:28; 2 Peter 3:10)

We believe that the redeemed will have eternal life with Christ Jesus while the lost will be separated from God in everlasting punishment. (Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 17:30-32; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16) We believe that every believer is sanctified through the work of the Holy Spirit to pursue personal holiness. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-9; 1 Peter 15-16; 1 Corinthians 6:9-13; Ephesians 5:4-5)

Humanity

We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and become sinners in thought, word, and deed. (Genesis 1:26-27, 8:21; Psalm 51:5; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Colossians 3:6-10; Ephesians 2:2-3)

We believe that marriage is a sacred covenant before God and man between one man and one woman instituted by God from the beginning of Creation. (Genesis 2:18-24; Matthew 19:4-6; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; Hebrews 13:4-7)

We believe that God is the creator of all life, and that every person is created in His image, and at the moment of conception, a new human life is created with a sovereignly-ordained sex of either male or female. (Genesis 1:27; Psalm 139:13-16; Jeremiah 1:5; Acts 17:25)

The Word of God

We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the Word of God, written by men under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The Word is inerrant, infallible, and sufficient in all manners of conduct. (Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Proverbs 30:5-6; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25)

The Work of Church

We believe that the Great Commission was given by the Lord to His Church to disciple the world, and that sharing the gospel is the great mission of the Church. (Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15; John 20:21; Acts 1:8)

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Transparency grade

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Financial efficiency ratings

Sector: Adoption/Foster Care

CategoryRatingOverall rankSector rank
Overall efficiency rating632 of 109120 of 34
Fund acquisition rating872 of 109427 of 34
Resource allocation rating750 of 109425 of 34
Asset utilization rating157 of 10915 of 34

Financial ratios

Funding ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts =
Fundraising expense /
Total contributions
9%12%15%19%23%22%
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total revenue
4%7%7%9%9%8%
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance =
Total contributions /
Total revenue
63%58%51%47%41%37%
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio =
Fundraising expense /
Total expenses
4%8%8%9%10%9%
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance =
Total other revenue /
Total revenue
37%42%49%53%59%63%
 
Operating ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio =
Program services /
Total expenses
84%80%80%80%79%80%
Spending ratio Spending ratio =
Total expenses /
Total revenue
95%84%92%99%97%88%
Program output ratio Program output ratio =
Program services /
Total revenue
79%68%74%79%77%70%
Savings ratio Savings ratio =
Surplus (deficit) /
Total revenue
5%16%8%1%3%12%
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate =
Surplus (deficit) /
Net assets
8%54%43%20%40%315%
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio =
Management and general expense /
Total expenses
11%12%12%11%11%11%
 
Investing ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total assets
0.832.133.034.015.985.60
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment =
Total assets /
Total current assets
1.311.101.141.801.411.16
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover =
Total expenses /
Total current assets
1.392.343.477.208.436.48
 
Liquidity ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Current ratio Current ratio =
Total current assets /
Total current liabilities
10.566.905.522.492.392.77
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio =
Total current liabilities /
Total current assets
0.100.150.180.400.420.36
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level =
(Total current assets -
Total current liabilities) /
(Total expenses / 12)
6.874.382.831.000.831.18
 
Solvency ratiosSector median20212020201920182017
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio =
Total liabilities /
Total assets
8%28%41%73%61%75%
Debt ratio Debt ratio =
Debt /
Total assets
0%11%19%20%0%0%
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio =
Net assets /
Total expenses
91%34%19%7%7%4%

Financials

Balance sheet
 
Assets20212020201920182017
Cash$2,924,390$1,178,202$1,010,495$674,087$836,227
Receivables, inventories, prepaids$548,923$315,752$229,604$154,815$117,400
Short-term investments$1,367,554$1,161,455$0$0$0
Other current assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total current assets$4,840,867$2,655,409$1,240,099$828,902$953,627
Long-term investments$0$0$644,993$0$0
Fixed assets$385,689$380,914$338,951$336,451$147,849
Other long-term assets$88,830$3,862$3,862$3,862$2,422
Total long-term assets$474,519$384,776$987,806$340,313$150,271
Total assets$5,315,386$3,040,185$2,227,905$1,169,215$1,103,898
 
Liabilities20212020201920182017
Payables and accrued expenses$255,112$213,536$249,231$149,763$199,625
Other current liabilities$446,847$267,742$247,825$196,797$145,062
Total current liabilities$701,959$481,278$497,056$346,560$344,687
Debt$611,264$566,541$449,599$0$800
Due to (from) affiliates$0$0$0$0$0
Other long-term liabilities$151,269$208,394$687,096$364,990$485,466
Total long-term liabilities$762,533$774,935$1,136,695$364,990$486,266
Total liabilities$1,464,492$1,256,213$1,633,751$711,550$830,953
 
Net assets20212020201920182017
Without donor restrictions$3,275,103$1,459,091$505,511$457,665$272,945
With donor restrictions$575,791$324,881$0$0$0
Net assets$3,850,894$1,783,972$594,154$457,665$272,945
 
Revenues and expenses
 
Revenue20212020201920182017
Total contributions$7,787,413$5,061,461$4,240,704$2,930,027$2,637,616
Program service revenue$3,995,472$3,560,097$3,808,130$3,356,604$3,421,980
Membership dues$0$0$0$0$0
Investment income$136,532$124,982$34,397$3,277$0
Other revenue$1,508,197$1,252,064$965,698$881,436$984,508
Total other revenue$5,640,201$4,937,143$4,808,225$4,241,317$4,406,488
Total revenue$13,427,614$9,998,604$9,048,929$7,171,344$7,044,104
 
Expenses20212020201920182017
Program services$9,108,230$7,396,725$7,108,912$5,538,513$4,939,332
Management and general$1,318,807$1,089,282$1,007,755$767,442$658,906
Fundraising$914,123$739,874$812,416$680,669$584,972
Total expenses$11,341,160$9,225,881$8,929,083$6,986,624$6,183,210
 
Change in net assets20212020201920182017
Surplus (deficit)$2,086,454$772,723$119,846$184,720$860,894
Other changes in net assets$0$0$0$0$0
Total change in net assets$2,086,454$772,723$119,846$184,720$860,894

Compensation

Compensation data for this ministry has not been collected.


Response from ministry

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History


Program accomplishments

10,000+ Families Served
4,305+ Children Placed
2,000+ Children Impacted
1,450+ Families Trained
$1M+ in Family Training


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