· Private foundation
Lightbridge Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOPE FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC | $5,000 |
| OPERATION AIRDROP INC | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,965 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,700 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 83 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- STSPREAD THE JOY INC2× · 2022–2023 · $54k · revenue -63%
- IGIndividual grant recipient3× · 2019–2023 · $11k
- OFOM FOUNDATION INC6× · 2019–2024 · $9k · revenue -19%
Funded once
- COClassroom of Compassionone grant, 2023 · $5k
- RSROBB SCHOOL MEMORIAL FUNDone grant, 2022 · $5k
- VFVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue ×45
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.
To provide food, clothing, household goods and other services to people in need who live in montclair, nj and other neighboring communities in essex county
The organizaton operates daily and weekly food pantries in bridgewater, bound brook, somerville, manville, north plainfield and the va in lyons(all in somerest county, new jersey). the organization meets emergency food needs on a daily…
To provide food and assistance to people in need in northern hunterdon county nj. the organization is entirely dependent on donations and is staffed by volunteers. the thrift shop provides low cost items to their clients and the community…
Improve the lives of our friends and neighbors in need by providing nutritious food and essential personal care items. We treat every individual with respect, privacy and dignity on their journey to becoming independent of our services. We…
To provide supplemental food to those in need in the Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, PA area.
The Chester Mendham Food Pantry provides local families in need with supplemental food and supplies. We have helped over 75 families.
Provide hunger relief to individuals and families who are unable to afford food and receive inadequate government financial assistance
We serve as a champion for addressing the root causes of hunger, delivering neighbor-centric solutions, and fostering collaborative partnerships across all sectors of society for New Jersey.
Feeding the hungry and providing food assistance to needy families.
To distribute grocery items, pet food, hygiene products and/or any products a typical household would require to any persons in need in sussex county, nj and surrounding areas.
The food bank of south jersey exists to provide an immediate solution to the urgent problem of hunger by providing food to people in need, teaching them to eat nutritiously, and helping them to find sustainable ways to improve their lives.
Freehold ems provides emergency medical services to the residents and visitors of freehold boro and freehold township. their volunteer membership responds to 9-1-1 calls all year round providing basic energency life support and ambulance…
How this is measured
50 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. 50 of the 391 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 SPREAD THE JOY INC ↗
- Who funds OM FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Vin Gopal Civic Association ↗
- Who funds EAST TENNESSEE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION AIRDROP INC ↗
- Who funds THE HOPE FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY INC ↗
- Who funds GUARDIANS FOR NEW FUTURES 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: Columbia Bank Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Gap Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lightbridge Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lightbridge Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Guardians for New Futures Inc: 11% of income from government
- Lunch Break Inc: 4% of income from government
- Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
- Delran Emergency Squad: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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