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Screen a listTrail of Lights Foundation
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$2.3Mrevenue
FY20254 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−3.1%
Months of reserve1.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+47.6%
Middle half of peersMedianTrail of Lights
Where the money goes FY2025 · $2.3M spent
Programs$2.2M94%Management and general$123k5%Fundraising$25k1%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
No returns on record for FY2019–FY2022
It filed for FY2018 and FY2023, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsIn its favor1
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 48% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort10funders
$169ka year, last 3 years
65%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Ascension SetonNew in FY2023$122kNelson Puett FoundationSince FY2021$10k$10k$10kThe Willingham Family FoundationOn and off$5kII Corinthians 9 7 FoundationStopped after FY2018$159$75–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$320k$37k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped