Light in the World Development Foundation

Analysis

Light in the World Development Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Tulsa, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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, Light in the World Development Foundation reported income of $189k and spending of $203k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $149k to $189k (+27%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Light in the World Development Foundation sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 54th percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Medical Mission Teams Inc ($189k), Finding Freedom Through Friendship Inc ($189k) and Lao American Association ($189k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $23k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $23k.