Colorado · Nonprofit
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being EL POMAR FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $75k
What Festival of Lights Inc does
Mission
Support arts and culture through holding an annual parade.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Festival of Lights Parade held in traditional fashion on Tejon St. in Colorado Springs on December 9, 2023. Awards were presented to local high school bands. Approximately 49,000 individuals in attendance. Approximately 135 parade entries were included with approximately 3,500 individuals marching in the parade.
$62,482 spentof which $4,075 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $62,482.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $61k to $76k (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
70% of FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Kevin Leonardo
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
From the IRS filings of FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,557 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC?
- FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being EL POMAR FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC?
- EL POMAR FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing