Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DEEMS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $102k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Firstlight International does
Mission
To bring fulfillment to the great commision through evangelism, discipleship and church planting.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Completed 12 full months of missonary work in u.s.a, thailand and in south east asia. 1.) served as president of Firstlight International u.s.a.2.) served as apostalic of firstlight fellowship church network- thailand.3.) served as director leader to the firstlight foundation in thailand.4.) trained national church planting teams to implement and to oversee church planting projects in china, myanmar, laos and thailand.5.) served on mission teams.6.) served as bible teacher in training locations in several countries in asia.
$25,920 spent31% of program spendingChurch planting- leadership development projects & ministries in southeast asia.1.) thailand- firstlight fellowship church network- thailand (flfcn)2.) insiders project- thailand3.) the hiding place project- thailand4.) emmanuel theological seminary
$13,023 spent$100 earned by the program16% of program spendingFirstlight foundation, a registered social foundation in thailand. The following is a list of projects and programs that were conducted:1.) firstlight foundation general funds2.) foundation head office projects in nong bua lam phu, thailand.3.) foundation branch office projects in seka, thailand.4.) families without fathers5.) school fees and related supplies provided for 50 children in 5 locations.6.) 52 weekly visits to homes and area schools of families involved in the program.7.) conducted 2 eye care outreaches in 2 districts - over 1,500 people seen
$23,672 spent$9,778 earned by the program28% of program spendingGiving to other non-profit organizations and/or minitries to further support their tax exempt status as well as missionaries on foreign fields.-india training-sonburn encounters-travel expense-other missionary support
$21,369 spent$91,766 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $33k to $50k (+52%).
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.
100% of FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL’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
FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
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
FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL's revenue fell 80% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL: 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 FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL?
- FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being DEEMS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL.
- Who is the largest funder of FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL?
- DEEMS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIRSTLIGHT INTERNATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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