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SHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION

EIN 85-1777495 LAS VEGAS, NV

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Revenue 2024
$1,442,828
Expenses 2024
$1,097,874

Program services were 92.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
840 S RANCHO DR STE 4 PMB 801

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SHINE A LIGHT IS A 501(C)3 NON PROFIT HOMELESS OUTREACH AND PLACEMENT SERVICE THAT HELPS THE 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 STORMDRAIN SYSTEM AND ENGAGING THIS UNDERSERVED, HIDDEN POPULATION ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.

  • 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. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL SAFETY NET PROVIDERS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO RECEIVE HELP THE MOMENT THEY ASK FOR IT. TRUE TO OUR ROOTS, WE ALSO DOLE OUT MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES, INCLUDING BOTTLED WATER, FOOD, SOCKS, FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLAMPS AND AA AND AAA BATTERIES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE CONTINUITY OF SUPPORT DOESN'T STOP ONCE PLACEMENT IS OBTAINED. OUR COMPREHENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO WALK EACH CLIENT WHO CHOOSES TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH TWO YEARS OF SERVICES, FROM THE POINT OF CONTACT THROUGH ALL INDIVIDUAL STAGES OF THE RE-ENTRY PROCESS. THE GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO REASON TO EVER FEEL LIKE ANYONE HAS TO RECIDIVATE BACK TO THEIR PREVIOUS SITUATION.

    Expenses $1,012,129 · Grants $568,054 · Revenue $296,014

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Paul Vautrinot

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $46,833
    From this org
    $46,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Sindy Doyle

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $42,083
    From this org
    $42,083
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Robert Banghart

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Cane

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christopher Darcy

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Angie Dobney

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Felicia Douville

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Iverson

    TEASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Tomsheck

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kevin Tucky

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Travis Turner

    MEMBER AT LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Van

    MEMBER AT LA

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,442,828
    Expenses
    $1,097,874
    Contributions
    $1,146,799
    Grants paid
    $568,054
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $588,811
    Expenses
    $661,839
    Contributions
    $494,267
    Grants paid
    $344,139
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $610,097
    Expenses
    $310,838
    Contributions
    $411,087
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $589,097
    Expenses
    $310,839
    Contributions
    $390,087
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Paul Vautrinot
Mailing address
3203 MEDICINE MAN WAYLAS VEGAS NV 89169

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.