Candlelighters Donation Center

Analysis

Candlelighters Donation Center is a registered charity in United States, based in El Paso, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Candlelighters Donation Center reported income of $639k and spending of $421k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $687k to $639k (-7.0%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Candlelighters Donation Center sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eclc Foundation a New Jersey Non Profit Corporation ($638k), International Foundation for Cdkl5 Research ($639k) and Akvo Foundation USA ($638k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $23k (5.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $209k. At year end it held assets of $83k against liabilities of $49k, net assets of $34k. It reported 12 employees.