Liabilities / Assets
56th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Lighting the Path Enterprises
990EZ • Fiscal year 2024 • EIN 45-4807268
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
0.00x
Liabilities / Revenue
57th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
67th percentile
Higher net margin than 67% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
79th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 79% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
58th percentile
Faster asset growth than 58% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
87th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Up$98,517
Up $5,356 (+5.7%) from 2023
Net Assets
$98,517
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Up$39,185
Up $15,591 (+66%) from 2023
Expenses
Down$33,829
Down $1,481 (-4.2%) from 2023
Net Income
Up$5,356
Up $17,072 (+146%) from 2023
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
- Signed
- May 12, 2025
- Return Version
- 2024v5.0
- Gross Receipts
- $39,185
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Lighting the Path works in impoverished countries in Africa teaching vocational skills and meeting food, medical, water, and basic needs of the impoverished populations. We teach and train in business skills and help the impoverished start their own small business to support themselves and their families. We establish vocational training schools and programs where there is a need.
Lighting the Path works in impoverished countries in Africa teaching vocational skills and meeting food, medical, water, and basic needs of the impoverished populations. We teach and train in business skills and help the impoverished start their own small business to support themselves and their families.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Lighting the Path runs a school for girls in Burkina Faso, West Africa where we teach girls vocational skills, agriculture, small business skills, animal husbandry and prepare them to start life on their own. This school houses and teaches 24 girls in a class. the girls are housed in a safe environment and given all necessities to be successful and healthy | $0 | $11,116 |
| We teach women in impoverished countries in Africa how to make soap and start a small business. We worked in four different villages in Ghana in 2024 teaching soap making and empowering them to earn an income. In each village the classes taught 40 to 80 women how to make soap, where to find supplies, soap recipes and small business skills to hep them be profitable. supplies $2116 Required travel expenses including airfare, ground transportation, housing, food ect $5656 | $0 | $7,772 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn Malcolm | Director | FT | $0 | - | - |
| Susan Schlueter | Vocational Advisor | PT | $0 | - | - |
| Becky Shepherd | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Barb Ruiz | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| Karen Robinson Moore | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
| Janice McFarland | Director | - | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- Lighting the Path Enterprises
- EIN
- 45-4807268
- Phone
- 3146506397
- Address
- 390 Lauren Landing, Ballwin, MO 63021
Signing Officer
- Name
- Dawn Malcolm
- Title
- Executive Director
- Phone
- 3146506397
- Signed
- 2025-05-12
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16
“Travel expenses to project sites, lodging, food $5425, Conference and professional development $2347, School project and expenses in Burkina Faso $11116”
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Filings
Displayed year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $98,517
- Liabilities
- $0
- Net assets
- $98,517
- Revenue
- $39,185
- Expenses
- $33,829
- Net income
- $5,356