Shine Your Light Attn Laurie Gardner

EIN: 364814935 501(c)(3) Education

Cambria, CA

Total Revenue
$58,415
Total Expenses
$64,990
Total Assets
$4,973
Net Assets
$4,521
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Organization Details

Formation Year
2015
Legal Domicile
CA
Principal Officer
Laurie Gardner
Phone
5102068438
Tax Period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31

Shine Your Light Attn Laurie Gardner, founded in 2015, is a micro nonprofit in the Education sector that reported $58K in total revenue in fiscal year 2025. Revenue decreased 8% compared to the prior year. Expenses of $65K exceeded revenue, resulting in a 11% operating deficit.

Mission

SYL is an educational nonprofit supporting leadership development and personal growth. We offer coaching, training, and keynote speaking. Our philosophy is "FOR EACH ONE, REACH ONE": Using funds from donations and purchased services, we gift free (Cont. on Schedule O) SYL is an educational nonprofit supporting leadership development and personal growth. We offer coaching, training, and keynote speaking. Our philosophy is "FOR EACH ONE, REACH ONE": Using funds from donations and purchased services, we gift freeor discounted services to those who can't afford them. We passionately believe that everyone, rich or poor, deserves to be the best person and leader they can be.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $16,178 Revenue: $14,125

SUPPORTING SCHOOLS: Shine Your Light offers coaching, training, and personalized facilitated forums for educational leaders, teachers, parents, and students to learn easy, accessible, immediately...

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SUPPORTING SCHOOLS: Shine Your Light offers coaching, training, and personalized facilitated forums for educational leaders, teachers, parents, and students to learn easy, accessible, immediately effective intuitive wellness techniques to be in an optimal intellectual and emotional state of readiness to teach and learn.

Program 2
Expenses: $16,178 Revenue: $10,100

TRUST YOUR GUT MASTER CLASSES: Shine Your Light's intensive online master classes offer multi-week, intensive training on how to trust your intuition to make quick, clear decisions, ease overwhelm...

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TRUST YOUR GUT MASTER CLASSES: Shine Your Light's intensive online master classes offer multi-week, intensive training on how to trust your intuition to make quick, clear decisions, ease overwhelm, anxiety, and stress, and stay in your best, truest self. For each class, SYL offers several thousand dollars in scholarships to those who would like to learn the skills who otherwise couldn't afford to participate in the courses.

Program 3
Expenses: $16,399 Revenue: $9,734

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHING & TRAINING: Shine Your Light offers personal development coaching and training to a diverse group of paying and nonpaying clients, including veterans, low income, and...

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHING & TRAINING: Shine Your Light offers personal development coaching and training to a diverse group of paying and nonpaying clients, including veterans, low income, and other underserved populations. Our personal growth coaching, training, and keynote presentations help people to live better lives in the four essential areas of work, relationships, health and home. In accordance with our "For each one, reach one" mission, we provided dozens of pro-bono hours and discounted personal development coaching & training services to those who otherwise couldn't afford it.SYL offers Lead Coach and Lead Mentor certification to those completing the Level 3 (advanced) Trust Your Gut master class. The certification program is a multi-month program where apprentices receive small group and individualized mentoring on how to become a Shine Your Light intuitive life coach and master class mentor. Certified Lead Coaches are eligible to coach SYL's clients as part-time contractors. Certified Lead Mentors are eligible to work as part-time contractors to guide master class students in applying the tools they are learning in class.In Addition to our ongoing 1-on-1 personal growth coaching and classes, SYL offered a full weekend retreat in March 2023 focusing on women's wellness.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2025)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $16,055
Program Service Revenue $42,239
Investment Income $0
Other Revenue $121
TOTAL REVENUE $58,415

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $0
Salaries & Benefits $21,941
Fundraising Expenses $0
Program Expenses $64,990
Other Expenses $43,049
TOTAL EXPENSES $64,990

Year-over-Year Comparison

2025 2024 Change
Revenue $58,415 $63,350 -0.1%
Expenses $64,990 $62,984 +0.0%
Net Income $-6,575 $366 -19.0%
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Governance

Voting Members
4
Independent Members
3
Employees
1
Volunteers
N/A

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
4
$20,265
Total Directors
0
$0
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Laurie Gardner President/CEO 9.00
Officer
$20,265 $0 $20,265
Rebecca Margulies Board Chair 0.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Paul Bowden Treasurer 0.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Monica Posin Secretary 0.00
Officer
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2025 $58,415 $64,990 $4,973 $-6,575
2024 $63,350 $62,984 $11,483 $366
2023 $181,525 $180,132 $11,473 $1,393
2022 $155,984 $154,142 $10,027 $1,842
2021 $211,486 $201,302 $23,449 $10,184
2020 $222,764 $232,481 $6,285 $-9,717
2019 $62,688 $62,357 $11,979 $331
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