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Filing year 2024

Shine Your Light Attn Laurie Gardner

Cambria, California·EIN 36-4814935·NTEE B99 · Education·3
Total revenue
$63k
Total assets
$11k
Total expenses
$63k
Reported officers
4
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.

Executive compensation

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2024

Base salaryExecutive compensation
$14k
$15k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 3 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Down 89%
from 2023

From $129k in 2023 to $14k in 2024.

$129k
2023
$14k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 89% in real terms$141k to $15k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Shine Your Light Attn Laurie Gardner reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$182k
$180k
2023
$63k
$63k
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in California

Comparable education organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $122,608.

25th percentile
$54k
Median
$122,608
75th percentile
$209k
90th percentile
$336k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 2,913 organizations across 2,913 filings (2019 – 2024).

See full Education pay data for California
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