Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Light of the World Foundation
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $156k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations Light of the World Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 9 | $14k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $61k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $34k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $7k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journey Church Inc | $56,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Christian Performing Arts Tuition Scholarship Fund | $23,950 | 1 | 18% |
| Worship Center Inc | $14,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Wenger Foundation Inc | $8,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Linville Hill Christian School | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Vision Outreach Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Lancaster Bible College | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Naomi's Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jessica and Friends Community | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Blessings of Hope | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journey Church Inc | $56,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Christian Performing Arts Tuition Scholarship Fund | $23,950 | 1 | 18% |
| Worship Center Inc | $14,100 | 5 | n/a |
| Wenger Foundation Inc | $8,250 | 4 | 1% |
| Linville Hill Christian School | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Vision Outreach Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 5% |
| Lancaster Bible College | $5,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Naomi's Village Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jessica and Friends Community | $3,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Blessings of Hope | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ten Million for Christ | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Strasburg Fire Company No 1 | $1,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Glory Gazing Ministries Inc | $1,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Christs Home | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Three Strands | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Justice & Mercy Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Brittany's Hope | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cavod Performing Arts | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Water Street Ministries | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Light of the World Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Light of the World Foundation
- How much does Light of the World Foundation give?
- Light of the World Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $13,750 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Light of the World Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Arts & Culture (16%), International (8%).
- Who are Light of the World Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Journey Church Inc ($56k), Christian Performing Arts Tuition Scholarship Fund ($24k), Worship Center Inc ($14k).
- Does Light of the World Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Light of the World Foundation 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 of the World Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lancaster County Community Foundation, Shady Maple Foundation, Eden Bridge Foundation.
- Where is Light of the World Foundation based?
- Light of the World Foundation is based in PA.
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