Solar Light for Africa Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542021367
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Melbourne, FL, USA
Phone
3216150206
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Energy Resources Conservation and Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,345
Expenses
$29,099
Assets
$28,709
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Peyton Hoffman (President)
  • Charlene Turner (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Rt Rev Alden Hathaway (Board Chairman)
  • Peyton Hoffman (President)
  • Susan Badgio (Treasurer)

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

Install solar lighting systems in rural Africa.

What it reported doing in 2025

Summer 2025 - St. John the Baptist Secondary School (Rwembogo, Uganda): Installed solar power in a new girl's dormitory, and installed external solar security lighting around the campus. Rwanda Health Center III: Installed solar power in the staff quarters, installed solar external security lighting around the campus. We also donated solar lanterns to the staff for times when they have to walk to the clinic at night. Bridges of Glory School for the Deaf (Jinja, Uganda): Installed solar power and lighting in the Boy's dormitory, the primary mixed Dormitory, three classrooms, and the school office. We also installed additional security lighting around the campus.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.8%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 49.4%; rating input score 49

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.8% of revenue deployed · 49.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 51/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.