Texas · Public charity
Light of Dawn Foundation
Provide necessary goods, services and funds to religious and other charitable organizations that help provide food, shelter and clothing for the less fortunate.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $56k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $36,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $110k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Light of Dawn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $139k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $97k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $188k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $174k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $164k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mark Catholic Church | $308,730 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Texas Food Bank | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Enrichment Center Inc | $70,585 | 5 | 0% |
| Loreto House | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| La Promesa Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Pines Education Group dba The Pines Catholic Camp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hop on a Cure Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mark Catholic Church | $308,730 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation | $225,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Texas Food Bank | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Community Enrichment Center Inc | $70,585 | 5 | 0% |
| Loreto House | $60,000 | 3 | 3% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| La Promesa Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Pines Education Group dba The Pines Catholic Camp | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hop on a Cure Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Travis Mills Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: The Bonfield Family Foundation · Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353 · The US Charitable Gift Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Light of Dawn Foundation
- How much does Light of Dawn Foundation give?
- Light of Dawn Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $56,000, out of $62,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Light of Dawn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Human Services (33%), Food & Nutrition (18%).
- Who are Light of Dawn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: St Mark Catholic Church ($309k), Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth Advancement Foundation ($225k), North Texas Food Bank ($160k).
- Does Light of Dawn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Light of Dawn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bonfield Family Foundation, Textron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is Light of Dawn Foundation based?
- Light of Dawn Foundation is based in TX.
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