Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,515,941
- Total expenses
- $1,510,876
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,491,253
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $21,375
- Investment income
- $3,313
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $812,912
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $39,959
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $772,953
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,075,806
- Management and general expenses
- $240,378
- Fundraising expenses
- $194,692
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,075,806
Program services were 71.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
-
1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,491,253
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Technical Consulting services
total $21,375 · related or exempt $21,375 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $3,313 · related or exempt $3,313 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0 · program services $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0 · program services $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0 · program services $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $207,900 · program services $145,530 · management and general $35,343 · fundraising $27,027
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $424,385 · program services $227,343 · management and general $91,521 · fundraising $105,521
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $17,543 · program services $7,722 · management and general $5,930 · fundraising $3,891
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $98,748 · program services $24,677 · management and general $55,262 · fundraising $18,809
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $41,646 · program services $20,643 · management and general $10,345 · fundraising $10,658
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11a · Fees: management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $26,722 · program services $0 · management and general $26,722 · fundraising $0
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0 · fundraising $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $22,150 · program services $8,579 · management and general $4,353 · fundraising $9,218
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $6,505 · program services $5,140 · management and general $19 · fundraising $1,346
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13 · Office expenses
total $21,983 · program services $10,436 · management and general $6,273 · fundraising $5,274
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14 · Information technology
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
15 · Royalties
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $8,813 · program services $3,943 · management and general $2,009 · fundraising $2,861
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17 · Travel
total $29,323 · program services $22,041 · management and general $687 · fundraising $6,595
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $16,009 · program services $15,703 · management and general $306 · fundraising $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
-
23 · Insurance
total $5,424 · program services $2,473 · management and general $1,608 · fundraising $1,343
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24a · Other expenses: Program Equipment and Services
total $579,495 · program services $579,495 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Publications
total $4,230 · program services $2,081 · management and general $0 · fundraising $2,149
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $1,495 · end of year $1,492
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $677,778 · end of year $718,544
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $77,507 · end of year $71,459
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $15,000 · end of year $438
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $23,724 · end of year $20,979
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $27,616 · end of year $39,959
-
18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $462,538 · end of year $263,013
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $305,350 · end of year $509,940
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) provides solar power and wireless communications to the fifth of the world's population living in energy poverty to meet global challenges of food and water scarcity, basic healthcare and poverty. SELF is working to assign greater priority to the importance of sustainable energy among international development banks, international development and aid agencies, foundations, and philanthropic individuals who are committed to improving the health, education, and economic prospects of the world's poorest citizens.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) provides solar power and wireless communications to the fifth of the world's population living without access to electricity to meet global challenges of food and water scarcity, health care, education, and poverty.
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Completed installation of 4 solar powered irrigation systems and purchased equipment for a fifth system in Kalale, Benin. Those systems are now producing significant crop yields to address food scarcity and to be sold at market to earn sufficient revenue to maintain the systems long term. Brought water to a Micro-enterprise center in Kalale, Benin to install sanitation in the community and provide water to local business. In cooperation with BarefootLaw, completed the installation of a solar powered "Law Box" to provide much needed legal counsel for at risk communities in rural Uganda. Drilled boreholes in the Mara Maasai of Kenya that will be used to provide clean water to communities in the conservancy. Worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop, monitor and troubleshoot vaccine refrigerators throughout the world. Installed a battery bank at a large school near Port au Prince, Haiti to provide power and security.
Expenses $1,075,806 · Revenue $1,491,253
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Robert Freling
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $237,245
- From this org
- $207,900
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,345
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $207,900
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $6,237
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,108
- Filer's total
- $237,245
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Steve Swig
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jonathan W Postal
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mary Swig
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part II
- Other compensation includes funds contributed to the employee's retirement account by the organization. The contributions are consistent with approved organizational policy and amounts contributed for other employees of the organization.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 4 June 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202511559349300031
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