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God's Light in the Darkness Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$9.7MAnimals$7.5MEducation$5.6MReligion$3.1MHousing & Shelter$648kYouth Development$130kFood & Nutrition$75kHealth$37kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $398k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+5 grants · $3.0M
$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NOAHS ARK ANIMAL RESCUE$1,240,000
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH$500,000
CARLSBAD PREP ACADEMY$500,000
Individual grant recipient$400,000
RESCUE PETS MOVEMENT$310,000
THREE LITTLE PITTIES ANIMAL RESCUE$175,089
ALL ABOARD ANIMAL RESCUE$145,000
Individual grant recipient$137,446
FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION$127,500
Individual grant recipient$121,000
2BLONDES ALL BREED RESCUE$115,785
APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST$75,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
SACRAMENTO CAMP & CONFERENCE CENTER$50,000
RIVER CROSSING MINISTRIES$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $30k → 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $21k → 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $20k → 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $16k → 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $10k → 10%OVERLAND MISSIONS: $8k → 10%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 13%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $556k → 13%CARC INC: $200k → 13%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $128k → 13%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $60k → 13%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $53k → 13%FAITH HOPE AND LOVE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%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

WA
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NM
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 51 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
44

Total granted

$26M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+18%

Still filing today

49%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $840k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • NA
    NOAH'S ARK ANIMAL REFUGE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $3.3M · revenue +165% · 55% of their budget
  • RP
    RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +15%
  • TL
    THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $410k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • LH
    LANDSUN HOMES INC
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M · revenue -79%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $220k
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
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
2
Shelters and Shelves Rescue Inc

foster based dog rescue working with shelters to save dogs

Animals
3
Raskels Rescue
Animals
4
Desert Dog Rescue Inc

Animal rescue

Animals
5
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
6
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
7
St Clouds Rescue
Animals
8
Fred's Mission Rescue and Sanctuary

Rescue dogs, which includes housing, vetting, and transport.

Animals
9
Runaways Animal Rescue
Animals
10
Forgotten Tails Animal Rescue Inc

Saving dogs

Animals
11
Their Lives Matter

Dog rescue and care nurturing finding a home

Animals
12
Donna's Love Pet Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dancing Dog Rescue and Recovery Ranch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Faith Hope & Love Foundation. 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

47 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. 47 of the 109 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
31/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKEVIEW CHRISTIAN HOME: $6,110,000 · OtherLAKEVIEW CHRISTIAN HOMECARLSBAD PREP ACADEMY: $5,615,000 · OtherCARLSBAD PREP ACADEMYFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $1,100,388 · OtherFIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCHLANDSUN HOMES INC: $1,000,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $750,000 · Other+64 more: $5,259,768 · Other+64 moreNOAH'S ARK ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $3,292,077 · AnimalsNOAH'S ARK ANIMAL REFUGE …RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $1,813,670 · AnimalsRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INCTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $409,707 · AnimalsTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESC…2 BLONDES ALL BREED RESCUE INC: $406,085 · Animals2 BLONDES ALL BREED RESCU…+27 more: $495,115 · Animals+27 moreFAITH HOPE & LOVE FOUNDATION: $1,811,000 · Human ServicesCARC INC: $300,000 · Human ServicesOVERLAND MISSIONS INC: $104,500 · Human ServicesSACRAMENTO CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER INC: $250,000 · Religion+1 more: $5,000 · ReligionCarlsbad Transitional Housing & Homeless: $125,500 · Housing & ShelterBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARLSBADINC: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentHIGH MOUNTAIN YOUTH PROJECT OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEW MEXICO: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentJONAH'S HOUSE FOOD PANTRY INC: $60,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$19,835,156Animals$6,416,654Human Services$2,215,500Religion$255,000Housing & Shelter$125,500Youth Development$70,000Food & Nutrition$60,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNOAH'S ARK ANIMAL REFUGE INC: $3,292,077 over 6y, 55% of budgetRESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC: $1,813,670 over 6y, 14% of budgetFAITH HOPE & LOVE FOUNDATION: $1,811,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetLANDSUN HOMES INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetTHREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE: $409,707 over 3y, 4.9% of budget2 BLONDES ALL BREED RESCUE INC: $406,085 over 6y, 21% of budgetCARC INC: $300,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSACRAMENTO CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER INC: $250,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCarlsbad Transitional Housing & Homeless: $125,500 over 3y, 41% of budgetOVERLAND MISSIONS INC: $104,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetLOLAS RESCUE: $74,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetJONAH'S HOUSE FOOD PANTRY INC: $60,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES: $59,650 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF CARLSBAD INC: $59,600 over 2y, 19% of budget4 Paws 4 Life Rescue: $53,140 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARLSBADINC: $50,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetSpecial Pals Inc: $45,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $44,800 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOLORADO BULLIES & MORE: $40,700 over 4y, 49% of budgetAMANDA HOPE RAINBOW ANGELS: $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLORADO FELINE FOSTER RESCUE: $22,200 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LIVING DESERT INC: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetHIGH MOUNTAIN YOUTH PROJECT OF LINCOLN COUNTY NEW MEXICO: $20,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDMK REHOMING INC: $19,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetTELLER COUNTY REGIONAL ANIMAL SHELT: $16,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetSnow Capped Shepherd Rescue Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetONECHILD GLOBAL: $10,725 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS BOXER CARE DENVER METRO: $10,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRETRIEVER RESCUE OF COLORADO: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTREVORS ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetEASTERN NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR INC: $9,959 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetDEMIS ANIMAL RESCUE INC: $6,150 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetA FRIEND OF JACK RESCUE: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN LAB RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN FELINE RESCUE INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDANCING DOG RESCUE AND RECOVERY RANCH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPaws N Hooves: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGolden Retriever Freedom Rescue Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMILE HIGH LABRADOR RETRIEVER MISSION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCIRCLE 2 RESCUE: $2,375 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetEVERGREEN ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $1,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCARLSBAD LIFEHOUSE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAT CARE SOCIETY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Foothills Animal Shelter: $750 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.

  • Who funds NOAH'S ARK ANIMAL REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds RESCUED PETS MOVEMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds FAITH HOPE & LOVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LANDSUN HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds 2 BLONDES ALL BREED RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CARC INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRAMENTO CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Carlsbad Transitional Housing & Homeless ↗
  • Who funds OVERLAND MISSIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds LOLAS RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds JONAH'S HOUSE FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES ↗
  • Who funds ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF CARLSBAD INC ↗
  • Who funds 4 Paws 4 Life Rescue ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CARLSBADINC ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…Carlsbad Community Fo…Xcel Energy FoundationLauretta Boyd Charita…Petco LoveGifts From God Founda…Every Creature CountsUnited Way of Eddy Co…Western Union Foundat…Otter Cares Foundatio…The American Society …Petsmart Charities Inc
Colorado Gives FoundationCO33.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Carlsbad Community Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust · Petco Love · Gifts From God Foundation · Every Creature Counts · United Way of Eddy County · Western Union Foundation · Otter Cares Foundation AKA OTTERCARES FOUNDATION · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petsmart Charities Inc

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 God's Light in the Darkness Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from God's Light in the Darkness Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to God's Light in the Darkness Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to God's Light in the Darkness 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 109 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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