Maryland · Private foundation
Emerging Light Foundation 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.
- $902k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $328k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Emerging Light Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $902k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $2.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $2.1M | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $2.1M | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $613k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limitless Space Institute Inc | $8,220,500 | 6 | 100% |
| Mobile Hope Association | $125,000 | 3 | 5% |
| The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Keep Children in School Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The House DC | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Emerging Light Foundation Inc
- How much does Emerging Light Foundation Inc give?
- Emerging Light Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $901,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Emerging Light Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (78%), Education (20%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Emerging Light Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Limitless Space Institute Inc ($8.2M), Mobile Hope Association ($125k), The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children ($50k).
- Does Emerging Light Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Emerging Light Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Emerging Light Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, National Philanthropic Trust, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Emerging Light Foundation Inc based?
- Emerging Light Foundation Inc is based in MD.
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