Light and Life Foundation Inc

Analysis

Light and Life Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairfield, CT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. 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, Light and Life Foundation Inc reported income of $142k and spending of $111k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $63k to $142k (+126%), an average of +126% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Light and Life Foundation Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within CT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Detroit2nepal Foundation ($142k), Sierra SEND Inc ($142k) and Et-Cetera Shoppe Inc ($142k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $80k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $80k.