Center of Glass & Light Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262463311
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
7168528314
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,694
Expenses
$11,330
Assets
$25,254
Liabilities
$3

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kathy Chase (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey Tooke (Treasurer)
  • Kathy Chase (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Center of Glass & Light is a non-profit organization that exists to preserve the legacy of the stained glass treasures of Trinity Episcopal Church. Tell the story of the birth of a new kind of stained glass, and provide opportunities for the community to experience and enjoy this cultural treasure.

What it reported doing in 2025

Reconstituted the Board, function and activity of the Center for Glass and Light. Beginning to plan for windows restoration project. Laid the groundwork to assist in overall windows project with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Hisoric Preservation grant. Center of Glass & Light Ltd. has raised $17,694 toward this grant to be given to Trinity Episcopal Church to assist in covering the match necessary for the grant.The Center also started an organized fundraising campaign with an event in the Fall of 2025 that secured donations and pledges through the Center itself and its supporting organization (Trinity Episcopal Church) in the amount of $172,595, with nearly $80,000 received and another $92,000 pledged over five years.

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 - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.5%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.23; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 199.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.5% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.