Oregon · Nonprofit
LIGHT 2 THE WORLD
LIGHT 2 THE WORLD (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,400 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($32,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $475k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $42k
- Net assets
- $508k
What Light 2 the World does
Mission
L2W is a nonprofit interdenominational Christian organization supporting cross cultural ministries discipleship training and childrens homes in Nepal and Southeast Asia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
L2W had major construction project of the Transformation Training Center. This construction project included leasing land and buildings. A local company was selected to do the construction of this 9,000sf single story facility including dormatories for up to 50 students classrooms cafeteria plus a large auditorium including furnishings. This was completed in November 2025. This becomes a asset for 2025 plus a depreciation expense.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Conduct conferences and seminars relational ministries life skills training and character development for local villages and churches throughout Nepal. Focus on Youth & Pastor Leadership & Discipleship encompassing training in music worship leadership Biblical studies and the cost of interns training to become staff for the Transformation Training Center TTC.
$62,361 spentof which $62,361 as grants47% of program spendingContinued support and direct funding for two 2 Nepali Childrens Homes: Mercy Childrens Home - 13 Children Grace Himalaya Childrens Home - 15 Children and benevolent support to local street children in Kathmandu.
$61,448 spentof which $61,448 as grants46% of program spendingGeneral Program Support through special skilled partnership in training and video
$8,832 spentof which $8,832 as grants7% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,641.
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 2024 to 2025, from $330k to $508k (+54%).
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.
98% of LIGHT 2 THE WORLD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $400 → $10k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LIGHT 2 THE WORLD’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.
How concentrated its funding is
LIGHT 2 THE WORLD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIGHT 2 THE WORLD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
99% of LIGHT 2 THE WORLD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $400 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
LIGHT 2 THE WORLD runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LIGHT 2 THE WORLD
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
45% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 14 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIGHT 2 THE WORLD: 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 LIGHT 2 THE WORLD?
- LIGHT 2 THE WORLD (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $42,400 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($32,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIGHT 2 THE WORLD have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $42,400 in grants to LIGHT 2 THE WORLD, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHT 2 THE WORLD?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $32,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHT 2 THE WORLD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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