Ohio · Nonprofit
TRULIGHT MINISTRIES
TRULIGHT MINISTRIES (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $342,288 to it, the largest being J WILLIAM & MARY STRAKER CHARITABLE FDN ($237,672). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $342k
- Net assets
- $571k
What Trulight Ministries does
Mission
We are a public charity that offers free services to the poor and needy individuals in our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Feeding program - we offer hot free meals to the poor daily
$21,690 spent22% of program spendingJob transportation program - we offer free transportation for low income families to and from jobs, appointments or to other shelter facilities
$13,316 spent13% of program spendingFree furniture and clothing program we offer free furniture and clothing to the poor
$2,400 spent2% of program spendingOther programs including emergency winter shelter program and benevolance gifts.
$62,497 spent63% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $99,903.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $238k to $446k (+87%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 35% · 2022 43% · 2023 56% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of TRULIGHT MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $17k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 TRULIGHT MINISTRIES’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
TRULIGHT MINISTRIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 96% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of TRULIGHT MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
94% of TRULIGHT MINISTRIES's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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
TRULIGHT MINISTRIES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TRULIGHT MINISTRIES
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
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 TRULIGHT MINISTRIES: 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 TRULIGHT MINISTRIES?
- TRULIGHT MINISTRIES (Ohio) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $342,288 to it, the largest being J WILLIAM & MARY STRAKER CHARITABLE FDN ($237,672). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRULIGHT MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $342,288 in grants to TRULIGHT MINISTRIES, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRULIGHT MINISTRIES?
- J WILLIAM & MARY STRAKER CHARITABLE FDN is the largest funder on record, with $237,672 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRULIGHT MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing