New York · Private foundation
Lighting 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.
- $6k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,700
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $381
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Lighting Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 1 | $6k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $9k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $8k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $5k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $13k | 64% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $6k | 68% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khal Bnei Mada Inc | $3,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzolah of Williamsburg Inc | $2,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Yl South 8 | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $1,220 | 4 | 0% |
| Refuah Helpline Incdba Refuah Resources | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Chernobil Inc | $1,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Mesivta Chernobil | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ladies Bikur Cholim Dsatmor | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Ruchel Dsatmar Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khal Bnei Mada Inc | $3,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Hatzolah of Williamsburg Inc | $2,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $1,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Congregation Yl South 8 | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Torah Infertilty Medium Exchange | $1,220 | 4 | 0% |
| Refuah Helpline Incdba Refuah Resources | $1,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Chernobil Inc | $1,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Mesivta Chernobil | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ladies Bikur Cholim Dsatmor | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Ruchel Dsatmar Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cong Ohel Torah | $460 | 2 | n/a |
| Tov Vchesed Foundation Inc | $400 | 3 | 0% |
| Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Misaskim Corp | $325 | 4 | 0% |
| Keren Vezer Inc Keren Ezer | $320 | 3 | n/a |
| Bais Hamedresh D-Khal Adas Paye Inc | $250 | 2 | n/a |
| Jewish Heritage for the Blind | $218 | 2 | n/a |
| Bonei Olam Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Chaim Medical Resource Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
| Keren Aniyim Inc | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Mikvah Ramou | $150 | 2 | n/a |
| The Jewish Center for Special Education | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Nechomas Yisroel | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Mosdos Sanz of Monsey | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Halucha Brira | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Yavne Teachers College | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 68 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lighting 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: The Ojc Fund · Yr Foundation · Kanfei Yoneh Foundation · J&G Family Foundation · Blum Foundation · The Lexicon Foundation Inc · Sbt Foundation · Mi Rosenthal Foundation · Bochner Foundation · Keren Ish Foundation · Nimlach Foundation · Zelig and Rifky Weiss Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Lighting Foundation
- How much does Lighting Foundation give?
- Lighting Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $5,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lighting Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (44%), Health (9%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%).
- Who are Lighting Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Khal Bnei Mada Inc ($3k), Hatzolah of Williamsburg Inc ($2k), Chai Lifeline Inc ($2k).
- Does Lighting Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lighting 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 Lighting Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Yr Foundation, Kanfei Yoneh Foundation.
- Where is Lighting Foundation based?
- Lighting Foundation is based in NY.
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