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CITY LIGHTS MINISTRY

EIN 47-0977146 WINSTON SALEM, NC

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Revenue 2024
$954,736
Expenses 2024
$492,282

Program services were 78.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P99
Classification
7000
Street
1600 WILLIAMSON ST

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

MINISTRY COMMITTED TO SHARING THE GOSPEL AND MEETING THE SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN WHO ARE FACED WITH POVERTY, FOOD INSECURITY, OR FEEL HOPELESS THROUGH COUNSELING, EDUCTION, AND EARLY LEARNING DEVELOPMENT.

  • ASSIST CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH COUNSELING, EDUCATIONAL CLASSES, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES.

    Expenses $364,490 · Grants $120

  • FEED UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

    Expenses $9,295

  • PROVIDE BEDS FOR CHILDREN

    Expenses $11,422

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.

  • Melanie Bell

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $39,520
    From this org
    $39,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Matthew Bell

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $39,035
    From this org
    $39,035
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mallory Bell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $5,165
    From this org
    $5,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Tony Bell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Craver

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vickie Darnell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Moser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • An Troung

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $954,736
    Expenses
    $492,282
    Contributions
    $958,209
    Grants paid
    $120
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $476,444
    Expenses
    $457,600
    Contributions
    $473,849
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $473,764
    Expenses
    $581,854
    Contributions
    $465,858
    Grants paid
    $300

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $646,007
    Expenses
    $321,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,105,352

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $210,780
    Expenses
    $170,073
    Assets (EOY)
    $82,605

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $260,831
    Expenses
    $261,480
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,950

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $152,842
    Expenses
    $136,789
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,325

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $141,093
    Expenses
    $129,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,104

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Melanie Bell
Mailing address
8011 North Point BlvdWinston Salem NC 27106

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.