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US nonprofit · EIN 452899583 · Schroon Lake, NYiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 452899583) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Word of Life Foundation Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$11.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$14.1m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$25.8m
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$25.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.6y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
10
reported in Part VI
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Word of Life Foundation Inc's network

10 people1 organisationi10 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

10 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Brown AndrewDirector2018
8 yrs
Brown Bob GDirector-Secretary2019
7 yrs
Lough Don HDirector2018
8 yrs
Lubke Chad JDirector2024
2 yrs
Nelson Benjamin JDirector2018
8 yrs
Nightengale Charles DDirector2023
3 yrs
Nightingale DebDirector Treasurer2018
8 yrs
Swanson DaneDirector2018
8 yrs
Walter R PriceDirector2019
7 yrs
Wyrtzen Ronald DPresident2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Lough Don HDirector2$0$171k$25k
Nelson Benjamin JDirector10$0$108k$16k
Nightingale DebDirector Treasurer2$0$63k$8k
Nightengale Charles DDirector2$0$34k$22k
Brown Bob GDirector-Secretary20$0$24k$134
Brown AndrewDirector2$0
Lubke Chad JDirector2$0
Swanson DaneDirector2$0
Walter R PriceDirector2$0
Wyrtzen Ronald DPresident2$0

About

Legal name
Word of Life Foundation Inc
EIN
452899583
Address
Po Box 600, Schroon Lake, NY, 12870-0600
State
New York
Mission
The foundation is organized and is operated for the support and furtherance of the religious, charitable, and educational tax-exempt purposes of word of life fellowship inc. The foundation receives and distributes funds to word of life fellowship inc and other tax exempt organizations who further the purposes of word of life fellowship inc. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
X111 Religion-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Religion-Related
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
IRS ruling date
1 May 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedReligious outreachWord of Life Fellowship Inc

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsBrown Andrew
≥8years on the filingsLough Don H
≥8years on the filingsNelson Benjamin J
≥8years on the filingsNightingale Deb

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$25.8m
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$25.8m
Contributions and grants received
$10.2m
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$13.8m
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$11.3m$14.1mDeficit $2.8m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

Grants paid

25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Word of Life Fellowship IncMinistry Outreach$11.6m
Finish Line Ministries InternationalMinistry Outreach$465k
Serve SyracuseMinistry Outreach$200k
Malone UniversityMinistry Outreach$200k
Appalachian Bible CollegeMinistry Outreach$100k
National Christian FoundationMinistry Outreach$72k
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Truth EncounterMinistry Outreach$25k
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State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Word Of Life Foundation, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
New York
Entity type
Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
Status
Active
Formed
21 October 2003
Registered agent
Not stated