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Christ Light Institute Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Religion$9kHuman Services$8kFood & Nutrition$3kInternational$2kCrime & Legal$500Civil Rights$235Health$165Public Benefit$15
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60
Median grant
13
States reached
$617
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Operation Blessing$7,500
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$2,700
Christian Broadcasting Network$2,536
Individual grant recipient$602
Voice of Prophecy$279
Mercy Ships$100
American Center for Law and Justice$100
Disabled American Veterans$100
Abandoned Childrens Fund$70
Aid For Starving Children$60
Feed The Children$60
Feeding America$50
Doctors Without Borders$50
Childrens Hunger Relief Fund$50
CARE$50
02The need
03

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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Amazing Facts: $602 → 6%Abandoned Childrens Fund: $70 → 9%Doctors Without Borders: $50 → 17%Mercy Ships: $390 → 12%Feed The Children: $60 → 16%American Leprosy Missions: $25 → 10%Bread for the World Institute: $30 → 14%Campus Crusade for Christ Inc: $3k → 13%Food for the Poor: $40 → 13%March Of Dimes: $120 → 14%Feeding America: $50 → 14%Students For Life America: $135 → 15%World Villages for Children: $40 → 11%Disabled American Veterans: $300 → 10%Disabled American Veterans: $100 → 11%Amazing Facts: $265 → 6%Aid For Starving Children: $60 → 9%Mercy Ships: $100 → 12%Bread for the World: $30 → 14%Cru: $600 → 13%Americal Center For Law And Justice: $500 → 14%World Villages for Children: $330 → 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

IL
NY
IA
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
SC
DC
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8k · 12 repeat orgs$14k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
12

Total granted

$8k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+82%

Still filing today

92%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’24
InternationalReligionCivil RightsFood & NutritionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Mercy Ships International
    2× · 2021–2024 · $490 · revenue +18%
  • DA
    Disabled American Veterans
    2× · 2021–2024 · $400 · revenue +3%
  • BF
    Bread For The World Inc
    2× · 2021–2024 · $375 · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • C
    Cru
    one grant, 2021 · $600
  • AC
    Americal Center For Law And Justice
    one grant, 2021 · $500
  • AC
    Abandoned Children's Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $410
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Mary's Meals Usa Inc

To raise donations to (i) provide a daily meal in a place of education for children in the world's poorest communities; (ii) occasionally provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian crises…

International
2
The Global FoodBanking Network

To nourish the world's hungry through uniting and advancing food banks.

International
3
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
4
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
5
Feeding Hungry Children International

Provide food, shelter, and medical assistance for children around the world.

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6
Food for the Hungry Inc

Food for the hungry is a christian humanitarian aid and global development organization that has designed, developed and delivered solutions for more than 50 years so that children, families and communities can flourish. (continued on…

International
7
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…

Food & Nutrition
8
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
9
World Vision Inc

World vision, inc. is a christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. (continued on schedule…

International
10
International Rescue Committee Inc

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

International
11
Floresta Usa Incorporated

Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…

International
12
The One Campaign

The ONE Campaign ("ONE") continued its work to educate and raise awareness among the public, media and policymakers around the world about the importance of official development assistance and international programs that (Continued on…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Revelation Media Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OPERATION BLESSING INC: $7,500 · OtherOPERATION BLESSING INCCampus Crusade for Christ Inc: $2,700 · OtherCampus Crusade for Christ IncIndividual grant recipient: $867 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCru: $600 · OtherAmerical Center For Law And Justice: $500 · Other+11 more: $2,255 · Other+11 moreThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $4,069 · ReligionThe Christian Broadcas…VOICE OF PROPHECY: $279 · ReligionVOICE OF PROPHECY+1 more: $30 · ReligionFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $510 · InternationalFEED THE CHI…Mercy Ships International: $490 · InternationalMercy Ships …AMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $325 · InternationalAMERICAN LEP…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $295 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE …FOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $290 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE…+4 more: $200 · International+4 moreFeeding America: $300 · Food & NutritionStudents for Life of America Inc: $135 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $100 · Civil RightsMARCH OF DIMES INC: $140 · Health
Other$14,422Religion$4,378International$2,410Food & Nutrition$300Civil Rights$235Health$140

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $4,069 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED THE CHILDREN INC: $510 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $490 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $375 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEPROSY MISSIONS INC: $325 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $295 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $290 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOICE OF PROPHECY: $279 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $140 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStudents for Life of America Inc: $135 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABANDONED CHILDRENS FUND: $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAID FOR STARVING CHILDREN: $60 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISTER OF MARY BOYSTOWN AND GIRLSTOWN INC: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREVELATION MEDIA INC: $30 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBread for the World Institute: $30 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Seckinger Foundation …Shell USA Company Fou…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Seckinger Foundation CorporationFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seckinger Foundation Corporation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Christ Light Institute Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christ Light Institute Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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.
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How do I get to Christ Light Institute Inc?

Find your warmest path to Christ Light Institute Inc 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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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