Radiant Life Ministries

Analysis

Radiant Life Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Marion, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Radiant Life Ministries reported income of $19.7m and spending of $19.8m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $12.1m to $19.7m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Radiant Life Ministries sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 97th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buffalo Fine Arts Academy ($19.6m), San Antonio Museum of Art ($19.8m) and St Louis Art Museum Foundation ($19.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $273k (1.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $188.3m against liabilities of $227k, net assets of $188.1m. It reported 38 employees.