Candlelighters of Southwest Florida Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 593104008
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fort Myers, FL, USA
- Phone
- 2394322223
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,900
- Expenses
- $49,828
- Assets
- $153,993
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KLAIR SNELLBAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JANET SANTIAGO (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE CONSTANTINE (VICE-PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KLAIR SNELLBAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- JANET SANTIAGO (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE CONSTANTINE (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 candlelighters is to provide support, education, and assistance to families of children with cancer or blood disorders and the professionals who care for them.
What it reported doing in 2024
Services provided by the organization include: happy notes - to honor a person on any occasion. Gift cards are mailed to the recipient to acknowledge a donation has been received. For example, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, end of treatments, or other special times. Memorials - to recognize and remember a child or loved one who is deceased are available. Gift cards are mailed to a family to acknowledge a donation has been received in memory of their loved one. Parent meetings - are offered via zoom a couple times a year. We also offer a "new family zoom" informal session where we can introduce ourselves to families and better explain our program and gain an understanding of what type of help a family may need. Parent meetings help families to better understand their child's disease as well as realize they are not alone in the journey. Occasional speakers are secured to discuss topics of interest however most meetings focus on introducing parents to one another. Newsletters - newsletters are published on a quarterly basis to keep families in touch with activities and support available as well as upcoming activities and fundraisers. There is no charge to receive the publication. Telephone support - telephone support is available for parents and bereaved parents. Efforts are made to have families network with another family in similar circumstances.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -78.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.09; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 53.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.