Little Lights Urban Ministries

Analysis

Little Lights Urban Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Little Lights Urban Ministries reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.5m to $2.4m (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Little Lights Urban Ministries sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elevate Phoenix ($2.4m), Fayetteville Youth Center Inc ($2.4m) and Timanous Foundation ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 6.7% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $148k (7.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $2.0m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 67 employees.