Let There Be Light International Inc

Analysis

Let There Be Light International Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buffalo, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2015, 11 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, Let There Be Light International Inc reported income of $203k and spending of $222k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $207k to $203k (-2.1%), an average of -2.1% a year. 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, Let There Be Light International Inc sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Djimon Hounsou Foundation ($203k), His Healing Touch Ministries Inc ($203k) and Committee to Bridge the Gap ($203k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $84k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $84k.