Illuminate India

Analysis

Illuminate India is a registered charity in United States, based in Medford, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 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, Illuminate India reported income of $77k and spending of $83k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $118k to $77k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Illuminate India 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 30th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include American Friends of Ahavath Yisrael Inc ($77k), BTH International ($77k) and Hope Without Boundaries ($77k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 13% and program service revenue 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $68k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $68k.