2025-10-12T15:05:05-07:00 2024-12-31 461263313 Simply Shine Accounting & Tax Services 424 Investors Place 104 Virginia Beach VA 23452 990 2024-01-01 452440266 Empowered by Light EMPO 4154887031 7 Pixley Ave 363 Corte Madera CA 94976 Moira Hanes Executive Director 2025-10-12 true true April Jones EA P01900843 3057937524 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Moira Hanes 7 Pixley Ave 363 Corte Madera CA 94976 1085926 false X https://www.empoweredbylight.org X 2012 CA EMPOWERED BY LIGHT IS A MISSION-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION EMPOWERING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDLIFE LOSS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION. 7 6 1 0 561047 1075885 0 44862 10041 0 605909 1085926 0 0 197153 205469 1087 0 33302 237910 660198 436150 865667 169759 220259 1599398 1344657 475002 2 1124396 1344655 EMPOWERED BY LIGHT IS A MISSION-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION EMPOWERING VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES ON THE FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, WILDLIFE LOSS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVASTATION. false false 625468 EBL completed four projects in Puerto Rico in 2024. EBL installed solar and energy storage (batteries) on a direct services facility on the island of Vieques that provides daily meals to elderly and bedridden neighbors. EBL also installed solar+storage on three community centers in very poor and/or vulnerable areas of Puerto Rico that have a high percentage of elderly people or are at risk of being cut off from supplies and services due to flooding during major storms.EBL installed an off-grid solar-powered water system (pumping, storage and irrigation) for a village in Zambia benefitting approximately 300 people. The solar water systems are managed by a women?s collective that also oversees the gardens irrigated by water pumped by the system. These systems save the women significant time they used to spend walking to and from the river hauling water. The systems also keep the women safer since they?re no longer having to risk encounters with hippos, crocodiles and elephants while collecting water from the river. - EBL also installed an off-grid solar and energy storage system on the St Thomas Community School, a school serving over 400 students in a remote part of Zambia. The solar energy system allows students to study after dark and increases student safety with security lighting. - In response to Africa?s severe drought, EBL supported battery installations at two pans (watering holes) in Zimbabwe to enable the existing solar-powered water pumping systems to pump water into the pans during the night. This was particularly important to the health and survival of African elephants who typically avoid the mid-day in order not to overheat. - EBL installed a solar-powered water pump for a poor and remote village in Kenya enabling the community to readily access drinking water, saving women time previously spent collecting water from the river and improving the safety of everyone in the village. 625468 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 6 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false false CA X Moira Haines 4154887031 7 Pixeley Ave 363 Corte Madera CA 94976 Moira Hanes Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 100000 0 0 Marcellus Krapels Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Ellen Morris Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Patrick Crane Chairman 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leilani Munter Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 George Gund IV Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leela Srivinasan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Loraima Jaramillo Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 100000 0 false false false 0 1075885 1075885 0 10041 10041 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1085926 10041 X 0 0 0 0 100000 80000 20000 0 79451 79451 0 9370 9370 16648 14983 1665 0 388 388 3095 875 2220 0 0 0 0 40801 7499 33302 4460 4460 0 0 0 3775 2819 956 0 0 0 0 0 1985 1985 InKind Legal Fees 169496 169496 Project Costs- Puerto Rico 153727 153727 Project Costs- Peru 60000 60000 Project Cost-Zambia 51422 51422 171049 165322 5727 865667 625468 206897 33302 121750 0 1477648 1344657 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1599398 1344657 475000 2 2 475002 2 X 1124396 1344655 1124396 1344655 1599398 1344657 220259 X false false false X 321289 85109 565873 561047 365689 1899007 0 0 321289 85109 565873 561047 365689 1899007 0 1899007 0 0 0 1899007 1.00000 X Rounding 2 2 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b 990 report is reviewed with the Board of Directors Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Quarterly review with Board of Directors regarding outside interests Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The organization has the following written policies in place: Code of Conduct, Whistleblower, Document Retention & Destruction, Conflict of Interest, Gifts and Financial Policies and Procedures. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Bank& Card Service Charges: Column (A) - Total = $401; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $401; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Dues & Subscriptions: Column (A) - Total = $6186; Column (B) - Program Services = $1634; Column (C) - Management & General = $4552; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Equipment & Supplies: Column (A) - Total = $573; Column (B) - Program Services = $573; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Inkind- SDYS- project: Column (A) - Total = $18000; Column (B) - Program Services = $18000; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Inkind-(PR,NewOrleans): Column (A) - Total = $47700; Column (B) - Program Services = $47700; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Meals: Column (A) - Total = $390; Column (B) - Program Services = $390; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Other Business Expenses: Column (A) - Total = $1890; Column (B) - Program Services = $1890; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Paypal Fees: Column (A) - Total = $8; Column (B) - Program Services = $8; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Payroll Processing Fees: Column (A) - Total = $774; Column (B) - Program Services = $0; Column (C) - Management & General = $774; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Program Event Expense: Column (A) - Total = $180; Column (B) - Program Services = $180; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Costs- Zimbabwe: Column (A) - Total = $45000; Column (B) - Program Services = $45000; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Costs: Column (A) - Total = $6249; Column (B) - Program Services = $6249; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Costs-Brazil: Column (A) - Total = $1269; Column (B) - Program Services = $1269; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Costs-Kenya: Column (A) - Total = $30766; Column (B) - Program Services = $30766; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Costs-New Orleans: Column (A) - Total = $9449; Column (B) - Program Services = $9449; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Project Maul Recovery: Column (A) - Total = $2214; Column (B) - Program Services = $2214; Column (C) - Management & General = $0; Column (D) - Fundraising = $0 Board Meeting Minutes Board meetings take place on a monthly basis and are documented by the Board members. Deferred Revenue Adjustment Program costs of $1,000,000 was adjusted as deferred revenue in FY 2022 for program costs in FY 2023. An adjustment on the accounting records was created to moved funds to deferred revenue. These program costs were to be deferred for FY 2023 and FY 2024