Shining Light Community Outreach Foundation

Analysis

Shining Light Community Outreach Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Chesterfield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Shining Light Community Outreach Foundation reported income of $451k and spending of $419k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $376k to $451k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Shining Light Community Outreach Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Girls on the Run of San Diego ($451k), Uceus Corp ($451k) and Christians for Camp Carmel ($451k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 6.2% and program service revenue 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $439k against liabilities of $1,487, net assets of $437k. It reported 46 employees.