Light in Darkness Ministries

Analysis

Light in Darkness Ministries is a registered charity in United States, based in St Petersburg, FL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2018, 8 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 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 Darkness Ministries reported income of $138k and spending of $132k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $216k to $138k (-36%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1883%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Light in Darkness Ministries 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 45th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within FL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hands for Haiti ($138k), Addium-Meter Foundation ($138k) and Davis Memorial Foundation ($137k).

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 $258k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $258k.