Shining Light Ministries Inc

Analysis

Shining Light Ministries Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fitchburg, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religion-related, which this site groups under religion. 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, Shining Light Ministries Inc reported income of $62k and spending of $67k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $81k to $62k (-24%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 31,138 United States charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Shining Light Ministries Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity Baptist Church of Christ Inc ($62k), Celebrate Our Religious Enthusiastically ($62k) and Pho Duc Meditation Center Inc ($62k).

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 $7,963 against liabilities of $712, net assets of $7,251.