Son Light Center INC FY2023 filing

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Selma, AL501(c)(3)Since 2006ReligionEIN 20-4309408Revenue $3.5M in FY2023

On file with the IRSselmaroots.com2908 Citizens Pkwy, 36701-3915 · Selma, ALTax-exempt since Nov 2006Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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To provide training to equip christians for work in the ministry, to promote the gospel of christ, and to provide food and clothing for the needy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $129K a year · 4% of revenue · last 4 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 4 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.1 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$108K
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.5M
-38% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
100%
Net assets
$263K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.5M
FY2023▼ -38%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$96K
FY2021$135K
FY2022$5.7M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$2.9M
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2023▼ -39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020Not on file
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$5.6M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$2.4M
FY2025$2.8M
Net assets
$263K
FY2023▲ +67%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7K
FY2021$14K
FY2022$158K
FY2023$263K
FY2024$451K
FY2025$568K

From the FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2006.

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Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $3.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Equips Christians for ministry, shares the Gospel, and provides food and clothing for the needy.

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1 program · $3.4M · in their own filed words · FY2023
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To provide training to equip christians for work in the ministry, to promote the gospel of christ, and to provide food and clothing for the needy.

$3.4Mprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$1
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$263K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$24K
Total assetsLn 16$371K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$74K
Investment incomeLn 3$1
Total revenueLn 12$3.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$24K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$24K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$192K
Total assetsLn 16$371K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K
Net assetsLn 32$263K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$23K$24K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$201K$192K
Total assetsLn 16$284K$371K
LiabilitiesLn 26$127K$108K
Net assetsLn 32$158K$263K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3.3M$3.3M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$24K$24K$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0$0$0$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0$0$0$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$5K$5K$0$0
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$37K$37K$0$0
TravelLn 17$0$0$0$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$5K$5K$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$9K$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$4K$4K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$26K$26K$0$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$3.4M$0$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.9M$2.8M$117K$568K 990 PDF
FY2024 $2.6M$2.4M$211K$451K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $3.5M$3.4M$105K$263K 990 PDF
FY2022 $5.7M$5.6M$82K$158K 990 PDF
FY2021 $135K$14K 990 PDF
FY2020 $96K$7K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $3,535,020 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,620,788$3,461,038
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $52,355$73,981
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1$1
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,673,144$3,535,020
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,504,016$3,319,710
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,310$24,350
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $84,505$85,517
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,590,831$3,429,577
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $82,313$105,443
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,535,020 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,461,038
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,414,710
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,461,038
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $73,981 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$73,981
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $1 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $73,982 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$3,535,020
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,429,577 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $3,319,710$3,319,710
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $24,350 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$24,350
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,571 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,571
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $37,030 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$37,030
IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $4,730 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,730
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $9,111 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$9,111
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,069 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$4,069
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $26,006 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$26,006
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,429,577 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$3,429,577
Part X · Balance sheet $370,829 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $23,434$23,917
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $60,000$155,000
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $201,023$191,912
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $284,457$370,829
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $126,922$107,854
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $157,535$262,975
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $157,535$262,975
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $284,457$370,829
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $262,975 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,535,020
XI-2 Total expenses$3,429,577
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$105,443
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$157,535
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$3
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$262,975

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