About us
Lighthouse Global Mission Inc. is a volunteer-run Christian relief organization based in Dallas, Texas, supporting families and churches in Sri Lanka.
How it started
Our story
In late 2025, severe flooding swept through the Gampola region of Sri Lanka. Homes were filled with debris and water. Families lost food, clothing, bedding, and the basic electrical items that make a house livable. Lighthouse Church Gampola — itself damaged in the flood — kept its doors open and began helping neighbors clean up and rebuild.
Lighthouse Global Mission Inc. was formed in Dallas, Texas on December 2, 2025 to put a transparent, accountable structure around that response. The board met that same month with two items on the agenda: open a nonprofit bank account so donations could be received and tracked properly, and begin raising support for relief and rebuilding in Gampola. In March 2026, the IRS recognized the organization as a 501(c)(3) public charity.
The model is deliberately simple. There is no payroll and no paid administration. All four directors serve without compensation, and the work in Sri Lanka is carried out by volunteers our founder knows personally — not contractors. No funds are handed to individuals without receipts. Every expenditure is documented, converted to its US dollar equivalent, and reported to the board.
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Our founder
Jacob Ratnam
President & Founder
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Leadership
Our board
Jacob Selvaraja Ratnam
President
Cheran Jacob Ratnam
Treasurer
Keren Sheshani Ratnam
Director
Sheshan Asiri Ratnam
Director
What we believe
Statement of faith
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A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Lighthouse Global Mission Inc. is a Texas nonprofit corporation (Secretary of State filing #0806328162), incorporated on December 2, 2025. The IRS recognized the organization as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) in a determination letter dated March 26, 2026, effective December 2, 2025, with public charity status under 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). EIN 41-2901019. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.