Inlight Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831858571
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Solana Beach, CA, USA
Phone
8584446519
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,543
Expenses
$5,037
Assets
$16,907
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Courtney Stone (President / Temp Treasurer)
  • Shauna Sliwkanich (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Alison Wachtel (Trustee)
  • Elizabeth Baker (Trustee)
  • Jennifer Isley Binn (Secretary)

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

Our mission is to empower kids to care. Our vision is to prevent youth violence and address mental health risk through education, empathy, and kindness so that children can excel in adulthood. Our goal is to build confident advocates for the future by shining a spotlight on connection, communication, and conservation.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community - Experiences, events, workshops, and toolkits that strenghten community and provide avenues for deeper conversation, reflection, and understanding of needs and actions. Inlight brings together community leaders, other nonprofits, and businesses to make a positive impact. The goal is to create healthier environments, create opportunities, open doors to volunteerism, and make memorable impressions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 52.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.36; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.