Brilliant Light International
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Trauma-informed recovery programs for incarcerated women and survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.
- Income
- $56,355
- Spending
- $57,016
- Reserves
- 0.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $28,032, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $24,925 spent. This program provides a team of trauma-trained women in ministry to serve in Arizona State Prison every week to provide trauma-informed church services in the most under-served sections of Perryville womens prison. We go where others are not serving including the Mental Health Units inside the Perryville Prison in addition to Lumley and San Pedro prison units. We provide a place where women in prison can feel safe accepted loved valued and heard. It is only from a place of safety and compassion that someone will take the risk of making real changes from the inside out: life transformation and break the generational patterns that held them back for so long and be successful integrating into community on the outside. Total of 2,158 incarcerated women served inside Arizona State Prison Perryville.
- $5,991 spent. Trauma-informed Recovery Programs for vulnerable women including human trafficking survivors in Arizona. 98 programs were provided with a total of 1784 women receiving programs in 2025.
- $13,700 spent. Spiritual life conference in India for 3 days including rental of facilities. Attendance exceeding 900 adults. In addition we provided a kids camp lasting 4 days with over 300 children attending.
- Provide sponsorship for Elderly Home to serve abandoned elderly in India. Monthly provisions include housing food cook clothes care-giver doctor-on-call and medicines as needed.
- Provide food and clothing for 13 rural villages in poverty in South India plus food and water for victims of the September 2024 flood in Vijayawada.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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