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CANDLELIGHTERS OF NEW YORK CITY INC

EIN 20-8580720 NEW YORK, NY

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Revenue 2024
$441,705
Expenses 2024
$522,327

Program services were 94.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F60
Classification
2000
Street
345 E 73RD ST APT 2L

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

CANDLELIGHTERS IS DEDICATED TO HELPING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IN NEW YORK CITY THROUGH THE DIFFICULT STAGES OF CHILDHOOD CANCER-DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND REMISSION. CANDLELIGHTERS PROVIDES AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FULL OF LOVE AND COMFORT WHILE THEY ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. CANDLELIGHTERS ADDS QUALITY OF LIFE TO CHILDREN WITH CANCER BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A FUN, POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE TO HELP THEM FEEL NORMAL IN A SITUATION THAT IS SO FAR FROM THAT.

  • CANDLELIGHTERS NYC IS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HELPING FAMILIES GET THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN A CHILD IS DIAGNOSED WITH AND BEING TREATED FOR CANCER. THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS THEM THROUGH ALL STAGES: DISCOVERY, TREATMENT, AND REMISSION. THE ORGANIZATION SERVES OVER 200 FAMILIES IN NEW YORK CITY. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $171,000 OF IN-KIND DONATIONS TO SUPPLEMENT ITS PROGRAM OF WHICH IS REPORTED AS REVENUE ON THE FORM 990 FOR CLOTHES, TOYS, TICKETS, ETC.

    Expenses $494,416 · Grants $2,702

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.

  • Aaron Horn

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Rachel Wilson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Talia Houminer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Samantha Rohlman

    SECRETARY / DIRECTOR OF DE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Gallet

    VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Barbara Zobian

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / FOUND

    Total calculated
    $96,019
    From this org
    $96,019
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $441,705
    Expenses
    $522,327
    Contributions
    $433,142
    Grants paid
    $2,702
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $557,240
    Expenses
    $508,728
    Contributions
    $556,858
    Grants paid
    $4,570
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $473,448
    Expenses
    $538,044
    Contributions
    $473,448
    Grants paid
    $40,000

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
    $519,968
    Expenses
    $454,408
    Assets (EOY)
    $351,487

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $582,500
    Expenses
    $501,809
    Assets (EOY)
    $288,980

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $477,217
    Expenses
    $506,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $212,473

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $439,187
    Expenses
    $319,323
    Assets (EOY)
    $239,320

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 2011

Tax period
1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011
Principal officer
Barbara Zobian
Mailing address
345 East 73rd StreetNew York NY 10021
Website
www.candlelightersnyc.org

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

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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 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.