Candles INC
Educates about the Holocaust and Eva Kor's story to promote hope and healing. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $663K in revenue, $701K in expenses, and $1.3M in net assets.Pt I
- Type
- Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Nonprofit
- Location
- Terre Haute, IN
- Filings
- 5 on file (2020–2024)
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CANDLES operates a museum facility that hosts some 10,000 visitors per year from all over the United States. The majority of our visitors are middle, high school, and college students. Visitors participate in an interactive tour with a survivor or docent.
CANDLES administers educational travel programs to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland as well as other places, such as Romania and Hungary. The tours are led by survivors and scholars who offer immersive, intensive study tours of places with historical ties to the Holocaust, genocides, and other human rights crises.
Our film and speaker series brings survivors of genocide, award-winning filmmakers, scholars, and human rights advocates to speak with students, educators and community members. The theme of our series is "Be the Change", which encourages attendees to learn from history and take action to "be the change they wish to see" in their…
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Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Fears | $83,255 | $81,715 | $76,565 | $31,686 | — |
| Leah Simpson | — | — | — | — | $65,994 |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Where the work happens
CANDLES operates a museum facility that hosts some 10,000 visitors per year from all over the United States. The majority of our visitors are middle, high school, and college students. Visitors participate in an interactive tour with a survivor or docent.
CANDLES administers educational travel programs to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland as well as other places, such as Romania and Hungary. The tours are led by survivors and scholars who offer immersive, intensive study tours of places with historical ties to the Holocaust, genocides, and other human rights crises.
Our film and speaker series brings survivors of genocide, award-winning filmmakers, scholars, and human rights advocates to speak with students, educators and community members. The theme of our series is "Be the Change", which encourages attendees to learn from history and take action to "be the change they wish to see" in their…
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| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 68% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 17% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 25% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | 20% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 4% | — | — |
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