EIN 30-1068365

Little Sun

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
3
Year formed
2018
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Z99: Unknown
Description
Little Sun provides affordable clean energy solutions, including solar lighting systems and health care devices to rural communities without access to electricity.
Total revenues
$2,340,557
2022
Total expenses
$1,819,876
2022
Total assets
$2,607,987
2022
Num. employees
3
2022

Program areas at Little Sun

Food Security- Providing funding and equipment to aid local food production, primarily focusing on improving livelihoods of local farmers without electricity. Program provides solar powered egg incubation, rice milling, irrigation to local communities in sub saharan africa.
Solar Lighting Systems for Homes - Sales and installation of solar home systems in the Mumbwa, Zambia rural community. This program allows participating families to light their households and businesses to stay secure and open after dark. Little Sun Zambia employs local individuals for sales and system maintenance. Little Sun also launched a MESH system that enables homes to provide surplus solar energy to nearby buildings.
Health - Providing solar powered devices to community health facilities in rual areas that donot have access to electricity. Providing Integrated solar development projects in remote countries to facilitate lighting, cold storage, and provviding power to medical devices and labratory services.
Education- Working with Ethiopian and oter african countries education authorities to distribute solar lamps and phone chargers to in order to provide lighting capabilities to those without electricity, to facilitate teaching and access to educational content.

Who funds Little Sun

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Mimi and Peter Haas FundGeneral Operating Support$20,000
ImpactAssetsGeneral Support$10,000
National Philanthropic TrustPublic, Societal Benefit$6,636

Personnel at Little Sun

NameTitleCompensation
Adrian KanyamaleChief Operation Officer
Frederik OttesenFounder
John HellerBoard Chair / Chief Executive Officer$183,898
Iven KrugerHead of Logistics and Production
Clay TaricaDirector of Art and Philanthropy$0
...and 11 more key personnel

Financials for Little Sun

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,340,238
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$319
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,340,557

Form 990s for Little Sun

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-07-12990View PDF
2020-122021-06-16990View PDF
2019-122021-02-05990View PDF
2018-122019-08-15990EZView PDF

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Data update history
January 19, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 31, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $20,000 from Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
December 29, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
May 21, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from The Heller Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCharities
Issues
No issues found
Characteristics
Partially liquidatedOperates internationallyTax deductible donations
General information
Address
50 Beach Ave
Larchmont, NY 10538
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
littlesun.org/ 
Phone
(917) 541-6342
IRS details
EIN
30-1068365
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2018
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
Z99: Z99
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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