South Carolina · Private foundation
Lightsey Family Charitable Trust
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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $376k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Lightsey Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 8 | $40k | 88% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $36k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $23k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $14k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $14k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ponce Library Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of the Redeemer | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $10,622 | 3 | 0% |
| Reston Study Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Path Foundation Inc | $7,643 | 2 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montrose Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Ponce Library Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Carter Center Inc | $13,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of the Redeemer | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Atlanta Botanical Garden Inc | $10,622 | 3 | 0% |
| Reston Study Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Path Foundation Inc | $7,643 | 2 | 0% |
| Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montrose Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Georgia Aquarium Inc & Subsidiary | $2,665 | 2 | 0% |
| Ear Community Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Gaithersburg Community Soup Kitchen | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Barnesville Baptist Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Boston Food Bank Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trinity Center at St Davids Episcopal Church | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlanta Fulton County Zoo Inc | $1,250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cooperative Ministry | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fbn Productions | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Homeless No More Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hammond School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($120k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lightsey Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 Lightsey Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Lightsey Family Charitable Trust give?
- Lightsey Family Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lightsey Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (40%), Religion (25%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Lightsey Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Ponce Library Inc ($15k), The Carter Center Inc ($14k), Church of the Redeemer ($13k).
- Does Lightsey Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lightsey Family Charitable Trust 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 Lightsey Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Carolina Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Lightsey Family Charitable Trust based?
- Lightsey Family Charitable Trust is based in SC.
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