Redeeming Light International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 061700165
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Waikoloa, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8087560523
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Counseling, Support Groups
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $85,649
- Expenses
- $71,236
- Assets
- $46,991
- Liabilities
- $1,334
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sharon Davis (President and Treasurer)
- Grant Davis (Vice President and Secretary)
People named in this filing
- Sharon Davis (President and Treasurer)
- Grant Davis (Vice President and Secretary)
- Susan Spancers (Director)
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
Mission statement: redeeming light seeks to manifest the love and compassion of jesus christ by providing safe environments for individuals, whether adult or child, to honestly face the damages of abuse and neglect and to be restored to wholeness thus doing our part in fulfilling the great commission as we understand it to be in matthew 28:18-20. Activities: the big island giving tree provides food, household items, and general support to the working homeless and the elderly residing on the big island of Hawaii. Redeeming light provides counseling to individuals and sponsors seminars on the big island of Hawaii.
What it reported doing in 2024
Redeeming light support the homework lab which supplies tutoring to primary and secondary students who do not have help at home due to language barriors. Tuition is on a sliding scale. Expenses such as rent of the public school facilities, tutor salaries, supplies, and snacks are paid for thru grants and contributions. Redeeming light acts as a fiscal agent when needed.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
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: 16.8%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.6% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $71K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.