Find the Light Foundation
When in Darkness, Find the Light
Find the Light Foundation
EIN: 85-3474355
as of November 2023
as of November 13, 2023
Mission
“To Promote the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Youth and Young Adults by Providing Accessible Resources, Support, and Education.”
Ruling year
2021
Executive Director
Zack Diebold
President
Alex Bingham
Main address
2248 S Jefferson Ave
St Louis, MO 63104 USA
EIN
85-3474355
Mental health care
Population served
Preteens
Adolescents
Young adults
Students
NTEE code
Other Mental Health, Crisis Intervention N.E.C. (F99)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Inadequate mental health resources and the stigma surrounding mental health, particularly among youth and young adults.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Resources
Creating innovating services to help connect people to the mental health resources that they need.
Where we work
Awards
Organizational Leadership Award 2022
Athena Leadership Foundation
External reviews
Photos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total number of organization members
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Provide better access to mental health resources and education, and to create a culture that encourages seeking help for mental health concerns.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Create services that decrease the barriers to finding and accessing quality mental health resources.
Partner with schools and other institutions to work through strategies to improve their mental health climate.
Work with young people directly to mentor them on improving their mental health climate in their circles.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Committed board members and a strong following of people who support our goal.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have several schools who have expressed an interest in working with us, and we have created several world-class resource tools that make it easy to find a resource out of our database of hundreds of vetted and validated resources.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is hard to come up with good questions to ask people, It is difficult to get honest feedback from the people we serve, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
Financial data
Find the Light Foundation
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $500 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $1,049 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $1,471 |
| Administration | $0 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $2,073 |
Find the Light Foundation
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $314 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $13 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $301 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Zack Diebold
Zack Diebold started at Find the Light before it was a foundation. Having heard about the cause from friends and family and being referred to the Facebook page, he volunteered to photograph the group’s upcoming Candlelight Vigil. From there, his interest in the group only grew, with him becoming the group’s IT director, designing and maintaining the website and digital needs of the growing organization. Following a successful start, Zack started what would become Find the Light’s Resources department by conceptualizing and developing the Resource Portal and numerous subsequent resource tools. Zack Diebold became the Executive Director in 2023 and is currently studying Economics and Computer Science at Saint Louis University.
President
Alex Bingham
Alex Bingham founded Find the Light Foundation because she was concerned with the growing rate of suicide and overdose in her area, and after losing friends to the mental health crisis. Alex is a microbiologist and epidemiologist and uses her experience in science, along with her background in advocacy and her experiences with her own mental health, to develop evidence-based strategies and programs within Find the Light Foundation. By combining her expertise in microbiology and epidemiology with her passion for mental health advocacy, Alex aims to address the root causes of mental health challenges and implement effective solutions.
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Find the Light Foundation
Board of directorsas of 11/10/2023
Board of directors data
Alex Bingham
Alex Bingham
Ann Bingham
Helena Bostic
Aimee Robertson
Shreenik Enturi
Maddy Alexander
Annie Nguyen
Liam Robertson
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
The organization's co-leader identifies as:
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Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
Last updated: 07/26/2023GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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