Public Charity

SHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION

SHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION, of LAS VEGAS, NV, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $1.4M in revenue, $1.5M in expenses, $618K in total assets. 22 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $850K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 851777495 LAS VEGAS, NV Human Service Organizations NTEE: P20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.4M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$618K
Grant Records22
Funding Total$850K
Filing Years2022–2025

Mission

SHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) IS A DOMESTIC NON-PROFIT CORPORATION PROVIDING HOMELESS OUTREACH AND PLACEMENT SERVICES THAT HELP HUNDREDS OF HOMELESS MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN IN THE GREATER LAS VEGAS AREA. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THE UNDERGROUND FLOOD CHANNELS OF LAS VEGAS. THE PROGRAM PRIDES ITSELF ON GOING INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE STORM-DRAIN SYSTEM AND ENGAGING THIS UNDERSERVED, HIDDEN POPULATION ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

Where $100 goes at Shine a Light Foundation

How Shine a Light Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 4 years.

$87 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$6 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $87 for programs

$87
Shine a light offers instant placement with access to treatment and housing (ipath) to all clients that we come into contact with or that reach out for help
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER AT LA Alayne Opie
MEMBER AT LA Angie Dobney
MEMBER AT LA Christopher Darcy
MEMBER AT LA Dan Palmeri
MEMBER AT LA Felicia Douville
MEMBER AT LA Fletcher Whitwell

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$670,039 16 grants
Human & Social Services
$20,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$160,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.4M $1.5M $618K
2024 $1.4M $1.1M $818K
2023 $589K $662K $221K
2022 $610K $311K $305K

Between 2022 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $610K to $1.4M (+123%), with total assets most recently reported at $618K.

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