Skip to content
Illuminated Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Illuminated Foundation

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.

$155k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$152kFood & Nutrition$96kCivil Rights$75kRecreation & Sports$58kAnimals$30kHousing & Shelter$28kHealth$25kHuman Services$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $125k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$15,000
ACLU OF ARIZONA$15,000
FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA$15,000
FAMILY WORKS$10,000
SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION$10,000
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM$10,000
JOYCE THEATRE$10,000
WESTSIDE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HUNGER$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF AMERICA$10,000
HOMELESS ID PROJECT$10,000
WILD BIRD FUND$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
NORTHWEST ARTS ALLIANCE$5,000
RIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY$5,000
BALLARD FC FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%GUIDING EYES: $5k → 9%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $10k → 14%REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $5k → 14%WOMEN IN NEED: $5k → 17%Women in Need: $5k → 17%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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$407k · 16 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
6

Total granted

$407k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+8%

Still filing today

75%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • WS
    WEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $39k · revenue +55%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $35k · revenue +19%
  • PA
    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2021–2024 · $35k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +12%
  • UN
    UMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue -20%
  • THE BAIL PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $6k · revenue -85%
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
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
2
Arizona Family Health Partnership

To make sexual and reproductive healthcare accessible to everyone

—
3
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
4
Fos Feminista Fund

Fos feminista fund was formed exclusively for charitable purposes to support, foster, aid, and enhance access to contraception, responsible parenthood, reproductive health, and empowerment of women and shall aid and support the activities…

Health
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

—
6
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region

Ippfwhr (dba fos feminista) aims to improve the quality of life of individuals by campaigning for sexual and reproductive health and rights through advocacy and services, especially for poor and vulnerable people. we defend the right of…

International
7
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
8
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
11
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation

To build and maintain financial support for planned parenthood north central states to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health care for all.

Human Services
12
100 Club of Arizona

To provide immediate financial assistance to families of public safety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, and to provide resources to enhance their safety and welfare.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is West Side Center for Community Life; the most unlike its peers is Umom New Day Centers 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

22 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. 22 of the 29 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
20/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACLU OF ARIZONA: $55,000 · OtherACLU OF ARIZONAJOYCE THEATRE: $35,000 · OtherJOYCE THEATREKJZZ: $20,000 · OtherKJZZFoothills Food Bank: $19,000 · OtherFoothills Food BankFamily WorksWallingford Food Bank: $14,000 · OtherFamily WorksWallingford Food BankRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,500 · OtherRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INCNW Childrens Foundation: $15,000 · OtherNW Childrens FoundationPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $10,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 · OtherHOMELESS ID PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Other+7 more: $37,500 · Other+7 moreFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $35,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADI…PHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $35,000 · Arts & CulturePHOENIX ART MUSEUMSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSEATTLE ART MUSEUMNorthwest Art Alliance: $12,000 · Arts & CultureNorthwest Art AllianceWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $39,000 · Youth DevelopmentWILD BIRD FUND INC: $30,000 · AnimalsSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $15,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFAMILYWORKS: $20,000 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $4,000 · Community Improvement
Other$248,000Arts & Culture$97,000Youth Development$39,000Animals$30,000Recreation & Sports$30,000Human Services$30,000Community Improvement$24,000

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 budgetWEST SIDE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY LIFE: $39,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO ARIZONA: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWILD BIRD FUND INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILYWORKS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $19,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNW Childrens Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwest Art Alliance: $12,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetHOMELESS ID PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ARIZONA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BAIL PROJECT INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $4,000 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.

The Blackbaud Giving …Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC10.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Illuminated Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Illuminated Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 29 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.

    Source object · view filing

    Play a game based on Illuminated’s filings →

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The endowment market
    who holds foundation money, and what just moved
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home