Life Action Ministries

Faith-based
Buchanan, Michigan
EIN 38-2157686
Tax-exempt since 1977

Firms paid: 3
Fees reported, 2017–2022: $413K
Fees reported in 2022: $66K
Most Recent Reported Revenue: $19.7M

Fundraising fees by year

Per Form 990 Schedule G

Firms paid in 2022

$66,000 to 1 fundraiser · $66,000 in professional fundraising fees on the return

Fundraisers Life Action Ministries paid in 2022, from Form 990 Schedule G
Fundraiser	Filed as	Fee
Douglas Shaw & Assoc IncDirect responseDevelopment of marketing material	Development of marketing material	$66,000

Also among its largest contractors in 2022

From Part VII-B of the return, which lists its five best-paid contractors of any kind paid over $100,000. These can repeat the lines above.

Douglas Shaw & Assoc IncDirect responseFundraising/direct mail$431,857

All firms paid

Fundraisers Life Action Ministries reported paying, all years
Fundraiser	Years	Total fees
Douglas Shaw & Assoc IncDirect response	2017–2022 · 6 years	$396,000
Donor Care Center Inc	2017	$16,817

Form 990 Snapshot

Life Action Ministries's Form 990 figures by year
Tax year	Revenue	Contributions	Fundraising expenses	Professional fundraising fees
2022	$19.7M	$16.3M	$1.2M	$66K
2021	$20.9M	$18.6M	$807K	—
2020	$14.9M	$13.9M	$731K	—
2019	$15.6M	$13.1M	$900K	—
2018	$15.6M	$12.5M	$880K	—
2017	$14.1M	$12.0M	$795K	—

Fees are what Life Action Ministries reported on IRS Form 990. Nonprofits list only fundraisers paid $5,000 or more, and many book consultants under other expenses, so a nonprofit can have worked with firms that don't appear here. Last checked 2026-11-14.