Shining Light

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271462716
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5178193008
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$64,844
Expenses
$60,917
Assets
$10,257
Liabilities
$11,290

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOU HAVEMAN (President)
  • JENNIFER VANDERGALIEN (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • LOU HAVEMAN (President)
  • THOMAS ROBINSON (Director)
  • JENNIFER VANDERGALIEN (Executive 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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Economically empower African women so they have the opportunity to provide for themselves and their families.

What it reported doing in 2017

Training and empowerment of women in tanzania.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.1; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.