Lantern Books Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$193k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$222k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$152k
$24k liabilities
Net assets
$127k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
3
3.4y av
Staff
7
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥2 yrs
Irvin Martin
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Lantern Books Inc's network
3 people3 organisationsi3 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (3). Violet dotted lines (3) 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
3 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 7 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 3 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irvin Martin Chair | Chairman | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Clark Zimmerman | Vice Chairma | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| David Dieffenbach | Administrato | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Clark Zimmerman | Member | 2022 |
| Jeremy Slaymaker | Treasurer | since 2018 |
| Kenneth Sheaffer | Chairman | since 2018 |
| Leon Burkholder | Company secretary | since 2018 |
| Lester Weaver | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Merle Gingrich | Vice Chairma | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dieffenbach | Administrato | 40 | $0 | ||
| Irvin Martin | Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Clark Zimmerman | Vice Chairma | 1 | $0 | ||
| Leon Burkholder | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Merle Gingrich | Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lester Weaver | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
About
- Legal name
- Lantern Books Inc
- EIN
- 461251995
- Address
- 4a Bordner Rd, Richland, PA, 17087-9608
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- Provide wholesome, inspirational literature for the general public. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- X20 Religion-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Religion-Related
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2005
- Principal officer
- David Dieffenbach (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2014
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 3, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥3years on the filingsIrvin Martin
≥3years on the filingsClark Zimmerman
≥3years on the filingsDavid Dieffenbach
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $152k
- Total liabilities
- $24k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $127k
- Contributions and grants received
- $60k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 7
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.Lantern Books, 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: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 25 July 2012
- Registered agent
- Not stated
Officers (2)
- David Dieffenbach Governor
- David Dieffenbach OFFICE MANAGER
City and state of officers are not held in this extract.