California · Private foundation
Light and Salt International
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.
- $328k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $135,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 54
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $20M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Light and Salt International funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k 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 | 13 | $328k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.1M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 54 | $892k | 87% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $11M | 44% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $269k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $8,008,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soo Yuen Fraternal Association of Southern California Inc | $585,300 | 3 | 3% |
| All Nations Community Church | $135,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $134,630 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Hope Inc | $67,500 | 2 | 12% |
| The James Storehouse Incorporated | $51,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wec International | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Partners USA Inc | $18,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Korean Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattles Union Gospel Mission | $8,008,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Soo Yuen Fraternal Association of Southern California Inc | $585,300 | 3 | 3% |
| All Nations Community Church | $135,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $134,630 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Hope Inc | $67,500 | 2 | 12% |
| The James Storehouse Incorporated | $51,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Wec International | $46,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Global Partners USA Inc | $18,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Korean Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorkas Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bethel Grace Church | $1,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Omf International Inc | $1,037 | 1 | n/a |
| Together We Rise | $246 | 1 | 0% |
| All Nations Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 69 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.6M), 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Light and Salt International
- How much does Light and Salt International give?
- Light and Salt International reported 13 grants totaling $328,427 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 54 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Light and Salt International fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (81%), Human Services (5%), International (4%).
- Who are Light and Salt International's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Seattles Union Gospel Mission ($8.0M), Soo Yuen Fraternal Association of Southern California Inc ($585k), All Nations Community Church ($136k).
- Does Light and Salt International fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Light and Salt International 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 Light and Salt International?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Light and Salt International based?
- Light and Salt International is based in CA.
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