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Another Light Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
68
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$220k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $92k
  • $10k–50k23 grants · $456k
  • $50k–250k20 grants · $1.8M
$16,250
Median grant
12
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEYOND CELIAC$220,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$200,000
AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE$200,000
PHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES$100,000
HOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC$100,000
REWILD$100,000
WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO$100,000
COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE$75,000
STICHTING SEA SHEPHERD GLOBAL$75,000
TO BE HONEST DBA THE TEL AVIV INSTITUTE$75,000
RODALE INSTITUTE$75,000
PENN HILLEL$70,000
KENNEBEC LAND TRUST$65,000
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION$55,000
70 FACES MEDIA$50,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY SECURITY SERVICE: $75k → 6%JEWISH RELIEF AGENCY: $5k → 7%LANGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Another Light Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Another Light Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
2
International Biomedical Research Alliance

Our mission is to invest in and accelerate the development of the most promising future leaders in biomedical research with global impact.

Health
3
Conservation X Labs Inc

To improve the efficacy, speed, cost, sustainability, and scaling of conservation solutions through harnessing exponential technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to prevent human-induced extinction.

Animals
4
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
5
America's Newspapers

Providing research, education and practical information all aimed at optimizing newspapers' business operations, deepening their community engagement and enhancing the quality of their journalism.

Employment
6
Public Knowledge

Public knowledge promotes freedom of expression, an open internet, and access to affordable communications tools and creative works. we work to shape policy on behalf of the public interest.

Public Benefit
7
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
8
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc

Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.

Science & Tech
9
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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10
Jewish Film Institute

The Jewish Film Institute champions bold films and filmmakers that expand and evolve the Jewish story for audiences everywhere. Through its exhibition and artist development programs, JFI celebrates the spirit of film, inquiry,…

Arts & Culture
11
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
12
Institute for Conservation Leadership

To support healthy communities and a healthy earth, the institute for conservation leadership strengthens leaders, organizations, coalitions and networks.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of the American Revolution; the most unlike its peers is Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 68 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/59
Grantees still filing
19/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INC: $100,000 · OtherWOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INCSTICHTING SEA SHEPHERD GLOBAL: $75,000 · OtherSTICHTING SEA SHEPHERD GLOBALTO BE HONEST DBA THE TEL AVIV INSTITUTE: $75,000 · OtherTO BE HONEST DBA THE TEL AVIV INSTITUTEPENN HILLEL: $70,000 · OtherPENN HILLELUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - PGDI: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA - PGDIJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $45,000 · OtherRodale Institute: $75,000 · OtherRodale InstituteTHE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST: $65,000 · OtherTHE KENNEBEC LAND TRUSTCommunity Security Service: $75,000 · OtherCommunity Security ServiceINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE+23 more: $246,750 · Other+23 moreTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRU…Island Institute: $50,000 · EducationIsland InstitutePhiladelphia Flyers Alumni Association: $25,000 · EducationPhiladelphia Fly…SIXPOINT INC: $25,000 · EducationSIXPOINT INCTHE BALDWIN SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationTHE BALDWIN SCHO…+5 more: $19,500 · Education+5 morePHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $100,000 · Arts & CulturePHILADELPHIA …MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $55,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE…70 FACES MEDIA INC: $50,000 · Arts & Culture70 FACES MEDI…NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $50,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL CONS…AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN JOUR…+3 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $200,000 · InternationalAMERICAN COM…IMPACT SOCIETY GLOBAL: $50,000 · InternationalIMPACT SOCIE…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF JORDAN RIVER VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRI…BEYOND CELIAC: $220,000 · HealthBEYOND CELIA…Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $35,000 · HealthCystic Fibro…+2 more: $10,000 · HealthREWILD: $100,000 · AnimalsWetlands and Wildlife Care Center: $35,000 · Animals+6 more: $20,500 · AnimalsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsGREATER SANTA BARBARA ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$926,750Education$339,500Arts & Culture$291,000International$270,000Health$265,000Animals$155,500Recreation & Sports$110,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO INC: $100,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MURAL ARTS ADVOCATES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetREWILD: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRodale Institute: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KENNEBEC LAND TRUST: $65,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: $55,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget70 FACES MEDIA INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetIsland Institute: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FREE LOAN ASSOCIATION: $45,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Research Fund Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHABITS OF WASTE: $25,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetPhiladelphia Flyers Alumni Association: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIXPOINT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BALDWIN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAIRNESS CENTER INC: $16,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFOOD AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTING NETWORK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER SANTA BARBARA ICE SKATING ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAT THE WELL PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREAL CLEAR FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA METRO WILDLIFE CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION: $3,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON FRIENDS OF MUSIC INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROXBURY LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELM PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Snider FoundationThe Jay and Terry Sni…The Lindy Snider Foun…Jewish Communal FundGreater Good CharitiesThe Craig Snider Foun…California Community …Jewish Community Foun…Nash Family FoundationCovenant FoundationDorrance Family Found…Thornton S Jr and Kat…
The Snider FoundationPA46.4× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Snider Foundation · The Jay and Terry Snider Foundation · The Lindy Snider Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Greater Good Charities · The Craig Snider Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Nash Family Foundation · Covenant Foundation · Dorrance Family Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Another Light Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Another Light Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Washington Friends of Music Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Another Light Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Another Light Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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where grant money is based, and what stays home