Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Light Charitable Trust
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $80k
- Granted FY2019
- 5
- Grants FY2019
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $15,837
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 80% of the organizations Light Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 78% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 22% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $63k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 5 | $80k | 80% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Theological Seminary | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Advancing Native Missions | $15,837 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
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About Light Charitable Trust
- How much does Light Charitable Trust give?
- Light Charitable Trust reported 5 grants totaling $79,726 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Light Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Religion (95%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%), Education (1%).
- Who are Light Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Westminster Theological Seminary ($45k), Advancing Native Missions ($16k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($1k).
- Does Light Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Light Charitable 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 Light Charitable Trust based?
- Light Charitable Trust is based in PA.
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