Life Light Educational Foundation

Analysis

Life Light Educational Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in S El Monte, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Life Light Educational Foundation reported income of $324k and spending of $260k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $404k to $324k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Life Light Educational Foundation sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Ridgeville Athletic Boosters ($324k), Newburyport Education Foundation ($324k) and Garfield High School Ptsa-Pie ($324k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $35k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $1,804, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 2 employees.