· Private foundation
Light & Way Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $134k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOVE4SATOS ANIMAL RESCUE | $50,000 |
| LOVE4SATOS ANIMAL RESCUE | $50,000 |
| NATICK SERVICE COUNCIL | $25,000 |
| TRUSTEES OF PARTRIDGE ACADEMY IN DU | $25,000 |
| VARIOUS OTHER CHARITIES | $23,890 |
| NEW HOUR FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN | $20,000 |
| PASADENA HUMANE | $10,000 |
| LA REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
| CENTER FOR HEALTHY AGING | $10,000 |
| CENTER FOR HEALTHY AGING | $10,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MASTERWORKS | $5,000 |
| NATICK SERVICE COUNCIL | $5,000 |
| JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 85% of grant dollars ($284k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 15% that went abroad ($50k) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 4%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Beyond the US: 15% of all-years giving ($50k)
1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TOTRUSTEES OF PARTRIDGE ACADEMY IN DUXBURY2× · 2024–2025 · $75k · revenue 0%
- VOVARIOUS OTHER CHARITIES2× · 2024–2025 · $44k
- JMJOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC2× · 2024–2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
Funded once
- CFCSU FLINT ANIMAL CANCER CTRone grant, 2024 · $10k
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.
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.
Danbury animal welfare society , inc.(daws) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of animals in our community and beyond. we promote responsible pet guardianship and the humane treatment of animals, and work toward…
THE ANIMAL RESCUE FUND OF THE HAMPTONS ACTIVELY RESCUES CATS AND DOGS, PROVIDES QUALITY CARE AND OFFERS SANCTUARY UNTIL LOVING HOMES CAN BE FOUND. ARF's work with animals, within our community and throughout the organization is guided by…
At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…
Animal rescue
Animal sheltering
The nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3) organized to protect animals from abuse and neglect.(see schedule o)the nassau county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals is a 501(c)(3)…
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
To save and protect homeless animals through responsible adoptions, to provide humane care for all animals entrusted to us, advocate for animal welfare and enhance the human-animal bond by promoting healthy relationships between pets in…
Animal shelter for the protection and care of abused and neglected animals.
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Dedicated to saving philadelphias homeless and at-risk pets through rescue, adoption, and provision of veterinary care and other pet owner support services.
See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 12 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 TRUSTEES OF PARTRIDGE ACADEMY IN DUXBURY ↗
- Who funds LOVE4SATOS ANIMAL RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds NATICK SERVICE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds NEW HOUR FOR WOMEN & CHILDREN LI I ↗
- Who funds JOHNNY MAC SOLDIERS FUND INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PASADENA HUMANE ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MASTERWORKS INC ↗
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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Light & Way Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Light & Way Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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