Darkness to Light Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 571095108
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Mt Pleasant, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8435131621
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Child Abuse, Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,894,306
- Expenses
- $1,284,150
- Assets
- $2,044,214
- Liabilities
- $59,539
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RHONDA NEWTON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- RHONDA NEWTON (CEO): $118,392 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Please see Schedule O for the mission statement of Darkness to Light.Darkness to Light's mission is to prevent child sexual abuse. Our work is guided by the belief that education is the critical step needed to better protect children today and serves as a catalyst for widespread societal change. By disrupting the current norms for how our society thinks, acts and talks about child sexual abuse, we can move closer to our vision of creating a safer world for children. Our efforts are focused on making prevention education accessible to adults and youth serving organizations and by inspiring individuals and influencers to promote changes that will further the prevention of child sexual abuse. Darkness to Light is a 501c(3) non-profit organization comprised of a committed network of advocates with the mission to empower people to prevent child sexual abuse.
What it reported doing in 2024
To reduce the incidents of child sexual abuse by providing prevention programs for building national awareness, grassroots community movements, and the education of adults. Programs include state and local governmental and private organization prevention initiatives as well as specific training initiatives in foreign countries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. 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: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.3%; rating input score 53
- Program expense ratio: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $22.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.2%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.2%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.3% of revenue deployed · 77.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $998K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $118K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.