Pennsylvania · Private foundation
John Lightner Trust
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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,783
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,783
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 3
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $203k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John Lightner Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $8k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cen-Clear Child Services Inc | $26,045 | 6 | 0% |
| Cornerstone Youth Home | $3,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($31k), not named here.
About John Lightner Trust
- How much does John Lightner Trust give?
- John Lightner Trust reported 3 grants totaling $9,796 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 3 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does John Lightner Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (88%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
- Who are John Lightner Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cen-Clear Child Services Inc ($26k), Cornerstone Youth Home ($4k).
- Does John Lightner Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Lightner Trust 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.
- Where is John Lightner Trust based?
- John Lightner Trust is based in PA.
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