Unite to Light

Analysis

Unite to Light is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Unite to Light reported income of $282k and spending of $289k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $209k to $282k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Unite to Light sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include FTC International Inc ($282k), International Village Clinic ($282k) and Pasture Valley Children Missions ($282k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 107% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $97k (34% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $57k. At year end it held assets of $320k against liabilities of $2,802, net assets of $317k. It reported 5 employees.