BE A LIGHT INC
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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $200K · expenses $174K · assets $72K
- EIN
- 84-4745548
- Address
- PO BOX 161328, ALTAMONTE SPG, FL 32716-1328
- Website
- WWW.BE-A-LIGHT.ORG
- NTEE code
- O50
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- March 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
- Principal officer
- Tameka Simons (its 2022 Form 990-N)
- Form 990-N e-postcards
- 1 filed, 2022 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Mission
TO INSPIRE, MOTIVATE, AND EDUCATE DISADVANTAGED OR AT-RISK YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS COMING FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, CONTINUING EDUCATION, TUTORING, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Latest year pay | Total pay from here | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tameka Simons | VICE PRESIDENT | 2023-2025 | $30,000 | $85,000 | 1 |
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
10 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | PRESIDENT | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Kadijah Carter | SECRETARY | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| William Simons Jr | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Melody Jones | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Maestro Lightford | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Dr Thurman E Webb Jr | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Christine Kimbrough Watkins | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Ronda Akins | DIRECTOR | 2023-2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Madelyn Starks | DIRECTOR | 2025 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
| Carissa Simpson (former) | DIRECTOR - TERM | 2023-2024 | 1 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $30K · 1 employee · 40 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAMEKA SIMONS | VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $30,000 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | 1 |
| ANFERNEE SIMONS | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| KADIJAH CARTER | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| WILLIAM SIMONS JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MELODY JONES | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MAESTRO LIGHTFORD | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DR THURMAN E WEBB JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| CHRISTINE KIMBROUGH WATKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| RONDA AKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MADELYN STARKS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2024 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $30K · 1 employee · 40 volunteers
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAMEKA SIMONS | VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $30,000 | $0 | $0 | $30,000 | 1 |
| ANFERNEE SIMONS | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| KADIJAH CARTER | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| WILLIAM SIMONS JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MELODY JONES | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MAESTRO LIGHTFORD | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DR THURMAN E WEBB JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| CHRISTINE KIMBROUGH WATKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| RONDA AKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| CARISSA SIMPSON | DIRECTOR - TERM | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 1 |
2023 · 10 people listed · 1 paid, $25K
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAMEKA SIMONS | VICE PRESIDENT | 40 | $25,000 | - | $0 | $25,000 | 1 |
| ANFERNEE SIMONS | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| KADIJAH CARTER | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| WILLIAM SIMONS JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MELODY JONES | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| MAESTRO LIGHTFORD | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| CARISSA SIMPSON | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| DR THURMAN E WEBB JR | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| CHRISTINE KIMBROUGH WATKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| RONDA AKINS | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who the money went to
Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.
2025 · 1 grant to organizations · $10K
Listed grants add up to $10,000; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $50,650. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.
2024 · 3 grants to organizations · $40K
Listed grants add up to $40,000; the return's “grants paid” expense line says $75,000. Returns can differ here (grants paid vs. accrued, items listed elsewhere); check the filing.
Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.
Who gave
Contributor names are not public for this form type.
Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $200,314 | $173,637 | $72,196 | $66,825 | $200,314 | $0 | $30,000 | 1 | 40 |
| 2024 · Form 990 | ||||||||
| $182,043 | $191,837 | $46,230 | $40,148 | $201,461 | $0 | $30,000 | 1 | 40 |
| 2023 · Form 990EZ | ||||||||
| $165,810 | $128,955 | $60,188 | $49,942 | $165,101 | - | - | - | - |
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $125,000 in all, tax years 2020 to 2024. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOC FOUNDATION | Public charity | Exact | 2020-2024 | 5 | $125,000 | 2024 | $25,000 | show |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990 · $173,637 spent · pay $32,527 · grants $50,650 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other (as described) | PROGRAM EXPENSE | $66,899 | $66,899 | - | - | 38.5% |
| Grants to US individuals | $35,000 | $35,000 | - | - | 20.2% | |
| Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees | $30,000 | $24,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | 17.3% | |
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $15,650 | $15,650 | - | - | 9.0% | |
| Fees: accounting | $10,925 | - | $10,925 | - | 6.3% | |
| Office expenses | $8,183 | - | $8,183 | - | 4.7% | |
| Insurance | $2,846 | - | $2,846 | - | 1.6% | |
| Payroll taxes | $2,527 | $2,021 | $253 | $253 | 1.5% | |
| Travel | $730 | $730 | - | - | 0.4% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $529 | - | - | $529 | 0.3% | |
| Fees: legal | $348 | - | $348 | - | 0.2% | |
| Total | $173,637 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990 · $191,837 spent · pay $32,527 · grants $75,000 · events $71,569
| Line | As described | Total | Program | Management | Fundraising | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other (as described) Event | EVENT EXPENSE | $52,151 | $52,151 | - | - | 27.2% |
| Grants to US organizations and governments | $40,000 | $40,000 | - | - | 20.9% | |
| Grants to US individuals | $35,000 | $35,000 | - | - | 18.2% | |
| Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees | $30,000 | $24,000 | $3,000 | $3,000 | 15.6% | |
| Fees: accounting | $10,455 | - | $10,455 | - | 5.4% | |
| Advertising and promotion | $8,600 | - | - | $8,600 | 4.5% | |
| Office expenses | $6,247 | - | $6,247 | - | 3.3% | |
| Travel | $3,608 | $3,608 | - | - | 1.9% | |
| Insurance | $3,249 | - | $3,249 | - | 1.7% | |
| Payroll taxes | $2,527 | $2,021 | $253 | $253 | 1.3% | |
| Fundraising events Event | direct expenses; gross income $0 | $19,418 | reported apart | |||
| Total | $191,837 | 100% |
2023 · Form 990EZ · $128,955 spent · pay $25,000 · grants $46,500 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) | $57,028 | 44.2% | |
| Grants and similar amounts paid | $46,500 | 36.1% | |
| Salaries, other pay and benefits | $25,000 | 19.4% | |
| Printing, publications, postage | $427 | 0.3% | |
| Total | $128,955 | 100% |
State business registration
- BE A LIGHT INC. FL, Domestic nonprofit corporation (DOMNP), Active, formed 2020-02-07
The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.
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