United in Light Inc

Analysis

United in Light Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Livingston, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animal-related, which this site groups under animals. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, United in Light Inc reported income of $125k and spending of $129k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $112k to $125k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 14,470 United States charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, United in Light Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lone Star Shihtzu & Lhasa Lapso Rescue ($125k), Westie Rescue of Orange County & Beyond ($125k) and Great Dane Rescue of Minnesota ($125k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $540k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $540k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.