The Radiance Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 270153752
IRS 990 coverage: 2019–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location: Purcellville, VA, USA
Phone: 8775174463
Rating: 75
Verdict: SUPPORTED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $920,627
Expenses: $1,069,240
Assets: $420,121
Liabilities: $53,261

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

BETHANY BOMBERGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

RYAN BOMBERGER (CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER): $115,000 total reported compensation
BETHANY BOMBERGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $75,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To illuminate that every human being has inherent and equal worth; to educate about culture-shaping issues; to motivate people to put truth and love into action. Trf's mission is accomplished through live multimedia presentations, creative ad campaigns, educational factivism, and community outreaches.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education resource development: creative ad campaigns: trf raises awareness about culture-shifting issues in bold and creative outdoor advertising eduational resources: creative ad campaigns (e.g. Billboards, bus ads, shelter posters). The campaigns lead the public to specific website initiatives that educate on various issues such as abortion, adoption, racism, and free speech.educational factivism: content on social media sites, trf's main website, microsites, op-eds, books and videos are developed as a part of integral public education initatives. These resources help those reading/listening/watching to get an understanding of issues often shrouded in misinformation. The goal of this facet of trf is to take well-researched information that can generally for people and craft digestible messaging that informs and inspires diverse audiences. Memes, videos, downloadables, books, and other educational resources materials are created by the organization, distributed (mostly for free) at events, and also made available to the public via our online stuff store.o electronic communicationo media assetso postageo print/educational materialo researcho websites

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 88
Transparency & Controls: 94
Accountability: 28
Sustainability: 18
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

Operating margin: -16.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 17.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 25% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 29.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
Governance: 2 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 8 people listed
Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
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.

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.