Florida · Private foundation
Light the Candle Foundation Inc
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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,369
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Light the Candle Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 14 | $55k | 71% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $46k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $16k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $21k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $150k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $41k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $42k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $33k | 80% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Give Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Co-Solve Collective | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hindu American Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shanti Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Moneythink | $8,128 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Threads | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Common Cause | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Give Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Co-Solve Collective | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hindu American Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Shanti Academy | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Moneythink | $8,128 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clear Fund | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Threads | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Common Cause | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Care Foundation Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hindu University of America | $2,369 | 1 | 0% |
| Visions of Destiny | $1,358 | 2 | n/a |
| Hindu Temple of Florida Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All India Movement for Seva Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation Christian Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $601 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $258 | 1 | 0% |
| Blue Mountain Center of Meditation Inc | $251 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 38 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Light the Candle Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Light the Candle Foundation Inc
- How much does Light the Candle Foundation Inc give?
- Light the Candle Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $54,880 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Light the Candle Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Health (17%), Religion (15%).
- Who are Light the Candle Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Give Foundation Inc ($100k), Co-Solve Collective ($15k), Hindu American Foundation Inc ($12k).
- Does Light the Candle Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Light the Candle Foundation Inc 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 the Candle Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Light the Candle Foundation Inc based?
- Light the Candle Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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