Totals
- Total revenue
- $815,358
- Total expenses
- $784,201
- Contributions and grants received
- $828,909
- Grants paid
- $20,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- -$13,551
- Total assets, end of year
- $268,141
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,293
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $264,848
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $522,332
- Management and general expenses
- $149,125
- Fundraising expenses
- $112,744
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $522,332
Program services were 66.6% 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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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$6,018
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$0
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$822,891
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$6,018
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$13,551
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$13,551 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$13,551
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $20,000 · program services $20,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $126,775 · program services $76,065 · management and general $25,355 · fundraising $25,355
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $263,586 · program services $160,053 · management and general $34,729 · fundraising $68,804
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $8,725 · program services $4,773 · management and general $1,900 · fundraising $2,052
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $26,268 · program services $20,082 · management and general $3,676 · fundraising $2,510
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $33,187 · program services $18,877 · management and general $6,654 · fundraising $7,656
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $5,810 · management and general $5,810
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $32,125 · program services $19,192 · management and general $12,007 · fundraising $926
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13 · Office expenses
total $27,055 · program services $12,934 · management and general $13,836 · fundraising $285
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14 · Information technology
total $19,652 · program services $472 · management and general $19,180
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16 · Occupancy
total $7,107 · management and general $7,107
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17 · Travel
total $59,583 · program services $40,343 · management and general $14,084 · fundraising $5,156
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $110,067 · program services $109,417 · management and general $650
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23 · Insurance
total $4,137 · management and general $4,137
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24a · Other expenses: Training Materials
total $40,124 · program services $40,124 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $240,804 · end of year $268,141
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $7,113 · end of year $3,293
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $203,591 · end of year $254,848
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $30,100 · end of year $10,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Guidelight exists for the pursuit of Christ-centered transformation in the lives of those impacted by disability through proclaiming biblical truth and providing needed resources.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Guidelight exists for pursuit of Christ-centered transformation in the lives of those impacted by disability through proclaiming biblical truth and providing needed resources.
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International Program -- This program serves families of people with disabilities around the world directly through training and mobilization efforts. Guidelight provides disability-related training, offers support to families affected by disability, runs a sports-based disability program, and works in local special needs orphanages. Guidelight also comes alongside workers in other countries including Taiwan to serve a population of those experiencing disability in their outreaches. We currently have training relationships in Ukraine, Albania, Slovenia, Montenegro, and Taiwan.
Expenses $208,855
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Retreat Program -- Guidelight provides retreats for families of people with disabilities. These retreats are provided for the families free of charge. The retreats offer refreshment and biblical encouragement for families of those experiencing disability. A balanced schedule of workshops and activities for the family, as well as for each individual, provides a refreshing and fun environment for the whole family. Retreats are hosted in partnership with local churches to serve as an outreach into the special needs community to compliment a church's existing disability ministry, or as a launch for a new disability ministry. Partnerships with like-minded organizations, individuals, and churches continue to provide powerfully restorative and transformative retreats to families affected by disability. In 2024 Guidelight hosted 5 in-person retreats. 60 families were served through retreat offerings.
Expenses $211,925
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Training Program -- Guidelight provides training and resources to encourage churches, individuals and other organizations to get involved in disability ministry. In 2024, training events were held in which 15 churches participated and two additional language translations to the video curriculum were completed.
Expenses $101,552
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Justin Reimer
Founder
- Total calculated
- $126,990
- From this org
- $124,325
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $2,665
- Hours/week
- 40
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James Dirksen
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jason Hartung
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Mark Golike
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.0
- Source object
- 202533179349309743
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