Bright Light Kenya Education Initiative Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993473003
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3109933037
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,301
- Expenses
- $27,717
- Assets
- $14,584
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Suzanne Oshry (President)
- Adam Taylor (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Suzanne Oshry (President)
- Carol King (Treasurer)
- Adam Taylor (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of Bright Light Kenya Education Initiative is to ignite and inspire the lives of Kenyan children, enabling them to achieve their full potential.
What it reported doing in 2024
Donations to Bright Lights Kenya Education Initiative help fund Bright Light Academy in Rusinga Island, Kenya, a school which offers free tuition, nutritious food, all learning supplies, school uniforms and sturdy shoes to its students.In 2024, donations provided a second monthly visiting nurse. Both nurses conduct medical exams of all students and distribute free medications as needed. We were also able to help fund the building of two new classroom and hiring of two new classroom teachers. Funding also purchased several laptops and ensured that there was electricity and wifi in all classrooms. Finally, a rainwater harvesting tank was installed to provide cleaner drinking water for the students and staff.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.7%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 34.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.7% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.