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True Light Shines Ministries Inc

RegisteredEIN 26-3429648Wake Forest, NCEducation and training
Income$106k2024-06
Spending$123ksame year
Spent / received100%2-year average
Size in its cause41st pctEducation and training
Exempt since2009School
Employees–latest return

Analysis

True Light Shines Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wake Forest, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a school under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, True Light Shines Ministries Inc reported income of $106k and spending of $123k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2024, income fell from $140k to $106k (-24%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, True Light Shines Ministries Inc sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tumwater Middle School Parent Teacher Organization ($106k), Glen Cove Sage Foundation ($106k) and Help for the Needy & Poor Inc ($106k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $18k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $18k.

Income and spending

$0$35k$70k$105k$140k2023 Income: $140,2722023 Spending: $123,70620232024 Income: $106,0172024 Spending: $123,4452024
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Contributions & grants 41%
  • Program services 59%

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