Totals
- Total revenue
- $51,014
- Total expenses
- $60,863
- Contributions and grants received
- $30,839
- Grants paid
- $14,133
- Program service revenue
- $20,175
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $78,556
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $78,556
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $50,248
- Management and general expenses
- $10,615
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $50,248
Program services were 82.6% 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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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$30,839
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2a · Program service revenue: FASHION 4 UKRAINE
total $9,357 · related or exempt $9,357
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2b · Program service revenue: OPERATION SANTA
total $9,052 · related or exempt $9,052
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2c · Program service revenue: BOY ESCAPED RUSSIAN CA
total $1,766 · related or exempt $1,766
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $3,589 · program services $3,589
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $10,544 · program services $10,544
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $719 · management and general $719
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11g · Fees: other
total $3,287 · program services $1,207 · management and general $2,080
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $366 · program services $365 · management and general $1
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,359 · program services $352 · management and general $2,007
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17 · Travel
total $7,813 · program services $2,223 · management and general $5,590
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24a · Other expenses: SUPPLIES
total $22,635 · program services $22,500 · management and general $135
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24b · Other expenses: RENTAL
total $9,353 · program services $9,353
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24c · Other expenses: MEALS & ENTERTAINMENT
total $198 · program services $115 · management and general $83
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $85,905 · end of year $76,056
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $2,500
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $88,405 · end of year $78,556
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
BIRD OF LIGHT FOUNDATION'S MISSION IS TO BRIDGE WESTERN RESOURCES TOGETHER WITH UKRAINIAN INGENUITY TO CREATE SCALABLE AND EFFICIENT HUMANITARIAN SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT UKRAINE'S DEVELOPMENT AS A NATION.
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IN COLLABORATION WITH CHILDREN OF HEROES, LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO BRING SMILES AND HOPE TO CHILDREN IN UKRAINE AFFECTED BY CONFLICT. AN INITIATIVE TO RAISE FUNDS TO PURCHASE GIFTS FOR THE CHILDREN OF UKRAINE TO ENJOY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.
Expenses $831 · Revenue $9,052
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ON FEBRUARY 15, 2025 THE MRIYA GALLERY HELD A HIGH-FASHION HAVEN FOR THE FASHION 4 UKRAINE RUNWAY EVENT. IT SHOWCASED TOP UKRAINIAN AND AMERICAN DESIGNERS, MODELS, FASHION ARTS FOSTERING CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND SUPPORTING THOSE AFFECTED BY THE WAR IN UKRAINE. FUNDS RAISED WILL ALSO BENEFIT NEW HORIZONS HUB, AN ORGANIZATION OFFERING VITAL IT TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM THE FRONTLINES, WHILE AIDING THEIR MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY.
Expenses $9,843 · Revenue $9,357
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A TOKYO EVENT HELD ON FEBRUARY 23, 2025 HIGHLIGHTED THE PLIGHT OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN ABDUCTED BY RUSSIA, WITH A 19-YEAR-OLD SURVIVOR SHARING HIS EXPERIENCE OF FORCED INDOCTRINATION AND ESCAPE.
Expenses $91 · Revenue $1,766
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AN ART INSTALLATION EVENT CALLED EMPTY BEDS WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE TRAGIC REALITY OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN ABDUCTED BY RUSSIAN FORCES FEATURING LIFE-SIZE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EMPTY BEDS, REPRESENTING CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN FORCIBLY TAKEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR HOMELAND.
Expenses $5,350
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SAVEUKRAINE - AIDING IN THE CONTSTRUCTION OF SPECIALIZED FOSTER HOMES IN IRPIN. THIS IS A VITAL SET IN MOVING CHILDREN OUT OF THE STATE SYSTEM AND INTO LOVING FAMILY ENVIRONMENTS.
Expenses $20,000
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CHILDREN OF HEROES - TRANSPORTED A CONTAINER OF GOODS INCLUDING TOYS, CLOTHING, BASIC HYGIENE PRODUCTS TO THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE
Expenses $3,589 · Grants $3,589
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DONATED CASH TO HELP SUPPORT VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD CULTURAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TO KEEP THE CULTURE OF UKRAINE ALIVE
Expenses $10,544 · Grants $10,544
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Zhanna GaleyevaZHANNA GALEYEVA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Isaac YeungISAAC YEUNG
OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Santosh GovindarajuSANTOSH GOVINDARAJU
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Phil BeuhlerPHIL BEUHLER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 22 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202641129349301619
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