Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1984.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
17 people listed on the 990; $83K paid to officers and key staff.
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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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Educates about the Holocaust and Eva Kor's story to promote hope and healing.
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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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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $642K | $691K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $241K | $267K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $661K | $591K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.6M | $1.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $276K | $360K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $83K | $50K | $13K | $21K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $213K | $127K | $33K | $54K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $16K | $9K | $2K | $4K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $18K | $11K | $3K | $5K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $25K | $95 | $25K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $10K | $7K | $3K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $4K | $1K | $3K | |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $11K | $6K | $5K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $9K | $9K | $195 | |
| TravelLn 17 | $1K | $113 | $1K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $3K | $3K | ||
| InterestLn 20 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $82K | $82K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $8K | $8K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $192K | $166K | $17K | $10K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $20K | $10K | $7K | $3K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $701K | $479K | $122K | $100K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Sep 3, 2025 | $663K | $701K | −$38K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Aug 28, 2024 | $552K | $491K | $60K | $1.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 15, 2023 | $378K | $516K | −$137K | $1.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 26, 2022 | $747K | $482K | $265K | $1.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jul 21, 2021 | $454K | $666K | −$212K | $1.1M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $663,136 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $663,136 across 9 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $701,257 across 16 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,624,770 assets, 13 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,264,854 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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