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OPERATION LIGHT SHINE

EIN 85-2555554 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2025
$3,263,279
Expenses 2025
$3,756,123

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
1420 DONELSON PIKE STE B17

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).

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JIM COLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAWN A RITTER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • LUKE PELL

    CHAIRMAN OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JANE BADGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • STEVE BIONDO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KEVIN WILSON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • MATT ALLEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JASON MERRYMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • ALINA DONAHUE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • BRANDO EATON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • BRYAN WEIGHT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $3,263,279
    Expenses
    $3,756,123
    Contributions
    $3,263,259
    Grants paid
    $2,393,787
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,782,195
    Expenses
    $3,212,490
    Contributions
    $3,782,138
    Grants paid
    $1,891,406
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,005,077
    Expenses
    $3,139,056
    Contributions
    $3,004,965
    Grants paid
    $1,694,274
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,711,675
    Expenses
    $2,253,704
    Contributions
    $2,711,675
    Grants paid
    $1,180,450

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.

Grants made

  • Lantern Rescue

    $347,800

    2022 Lantern Rescue is a U.S. based 501c3 non-profit organization that rescues exploited, persecuted, and displaced individuals and families. We work domestically and internationally to create sustainable partnerships with local government entities, international organizations, and military and law enforcement personnel.

  • Pathfinder Labs

    $150,000

    2022 We champion sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide, mobilizing communities most in need to break through barriers and forge their own path to a healthier future. Built by investigators for investigators.

  • Filter First Foundation

    $50,000

    2022 Together, we have worked to create content designed for the classroom, that meets students where they are and will empower them with the tools and knowledge they need to stay safe while interacting online and fight the online exploitation of children by stopping it before it ever starts.

  • Child Rescue Coalition

    $6,500

    2022 TO PROTECT ALL CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH OUR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY & PARTNERSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT CHILDREN'S CONTACT WITH & LAW ENFORCEMENT'S APPREHENSION OF SEXUAL PREDATORS.

Where these grants went next →

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 10 September 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 IRS Business Master File ingested 5 October 2026, which is when the registration facts above were last refreshed for every organization. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.