Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc

Analysis

Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Vero Beach, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 2022, Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc reported income of $179k and spending of $147k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $256k to $179k (-30%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shining Light Garden Foundation Inc sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 55th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missoula Parent Co-Op Inc ($179k), Vision Cashiers Inc ($179k) and Men and Families Center Inc ($179k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $288k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $288k.