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Points of Light Foundation

Points of light's mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to create positive change through volunteering and civic engagement. We envision a world in which everyone discovers the power to make a difference, creating healthy communities in vibrant, participatory societies. We believe the most powerful force for change in our…

$10M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
100
Grants FY2024
94
Organizations funded FY2023
99%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$97,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$305,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 94
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
46
Total assets, FY2024
$20M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 99% of the organizations Points of Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving98$9.9M97%
FY202394$9.5M99%
FY202294$9.2M100%
FY20216$130k100%
FY202011$209k27%
FY201953$1.6M45%
FY201871$2.2M100%
FY201712$184kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Community Improvement$5.8MHousing & Shelter$5.4MHuman Services$5.1MYouth Development$3.8MPhilanthropy$2.6MEducation$2.2MHealth$1.7MArts & Culture$1.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Salvation Army$641,0002n/a
Hands on Nashville Inc$356,635211%
Town of North Wilkesboro$325,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$306,0002n/a
Veterans Community Project$305,00012%
Horton's Kids Inc$300,00015%
Parity Baltimore Incorporated$300,000116%
Fairfield Police Activities League$300,000170%
Rockingham County Schools (Reidsville High School) - 1533$300,0001n/a
Huntington Children's Museum Inc$288,000129%
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All grantees of Points of Light Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Salvation Army$641,0002n/a
Hands on Nashville Inc$356,635211%
Town of North Wilkesboro$325,0001n/a
The Salvation Army$306,0002n/a
Veterans Community Project$305,00012%
Horton's Kids Inc$300,00015%
Parity Baltimore Incorporated$300,000116%
Fairfield Police Activities League$300,000170%
Rockingham County Schools (Reidsville High School) - 1533$300,0001n/a
Huntington Children's Museum Inc$288,000129%
lowernineorg$275,000136%
United Service Organizations Inc$273,00020%
The Salvation Army$268,0002n/a
City of Charlotte$260,0001n/a
Agua Fria Union High School District #216$250,0001n/a
The Community Builders Inc$250,00010%
Auntie Na's Village$250,0001n/a
Burke United Christian Ministries$245,00014%
Volunteer Center of Fairfax County Inc$237,460315%
Restoration Ponite$235,000175%
Handson Greater Phoenix$230,730312%
Status Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc$230,00011%
The Salvation Army$225,0001n/a
Girls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis$220,000112%
Restoreokc Inc$215,00017%
Young Men's Christian Association at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sta$215,000120%
Insight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project$210,00011%
The Florida Aquarium Inc$210,00011%
Jersey Cares Inc$209,18627%
Mackida Loveal & Trip Mentoring Outreach Center$200,000115%
City of Pontiac$200,0001n/a
West Nashville Dream Center$198,00019%
Beloved Asheville$195,000111%
Lgbt Center Orlando Inc$195,000110%
Ashby House Ltd$195,000119%
Youthbuild McLean County$182,000112%
Chicago Cares Inc$175,53932%
Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center$175,000110%
Queerspace Collective$175,000115%
Hope Haven Inc$175,00014%
Lifemoves$175,00010%
ourBRIDGE Inc$172,00015%
The Workshops Inc$170,00012%
Together Making a Better Community$170,000136%
Brilliant Detroit$170,00013%
Pivot Inc$170,00012%
Easter Seals Florida Inc$167,00011%
The Midian Leadership Project Inc$165,000130%
Lumbee Land Development Inc$160,00010%
Undercliff Volunteer Fire Company$160,000138%
Volunteers of America Inc$160,0001n/a
Hands on Atlanta Inc$157,75033%
Boston Cares Inc$155,32526%
Children of Mine$155,000165%
East Lincoln High School$155,0001n/a
Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade Inc$153,00018%
Visionairi Foundation$152,0001n/a
The Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc$150,00012%
Quadriplegics United Against Dependency Inc$150,00013%
The Gil Carter Initiative$150,000172%
Lighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc$150,000115%
Sojourner House Inc$145,00012%
Rebuild Maui Org$145,0001n/a
Sweetser$145,00010%
Senior Activity Center Inc$145,000135%
Asian Association of Utah$145,00012%
Milton Volunteer Fire Department$142,000122%
Aid the Silent$140,000111%
School District of Pickens County$140,0001n/a
Domestic Violence Project Inc$140,00018%
L a Works Inc$136,58337%
Women in Distress of Broward County Inc$135,00012%
Cochise Elementary School$135,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County$135,00014%
Housing Plus Solutions Inc$130,00012%
St Vincent Depaul Middletown$130,00014%
Guilford Co Public Schools$126,0001n/a
East Waco Innovative School Develop Inc$125,00011%
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona Inc$125,00014%
The Natural Science Center of Greensboro Inc Dba Greensboro Science Center$125,00011%
Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc$125,00011%
Junior League of the Shoals (Childrens Museum of the Shoals$125,0001n/a
Off the Street Club$125,00014%
Su Teatro Inc$125,000111%
Jeans Angels$125,00015%
Envision Charlotte$125,000120%
Ecorehab of Muncie Inc$123,0001n/a
The Arc Morris County Chapter New Jersey Inc$123,00010%
Boise Rescue Mission$121,0001n/a
Humility Homes and Services Inc$121,00012%
Town of Ball$120,0001n/a
Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas$120,00010%
Friendship Mission Inc$120,000110%
Village of Newark Valley$120,0001n/a
Volunteer Action Center of Broward County Inc$115,45029%
Rainbow Village Properties Inc$115,00014%
Boys and Girls Club of Tustin$115,00016%
Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs Inc$115,00014%
Friendship Center of Helena Inc$115,00017%
Fight for Kids Foundation$115,0001n/a
Carey Services Inc$115,00011%
Handson Twin Cities$110,47528%
Hope Extreme Inc$110,000133%
Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries$110,00011%
Northeast Community Center$110,000130%
Our Mother's Home of Southwest Florida Inc$110,00019%
A Pocket Full of Hope Inc$110,000129%
Mayo Street Arts$110,000122%
Hispanic Human Resources Council$110,00013%
Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont Inc$110,00017%
McNeilly Center for Children Inc$108,00014%
Barrett Foundation$105,00013%
Nashville Classical Charter School$105,00011%
Gap Ministries$105,00011%
Roof Above Inc$105,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire$105,00015%
Los Angeles Urban Foudation$105,000126%
Boys & Girls Club of Tampa Bay Inc$105,00011%
Truth Foundational Ministries$104,000178%
Cazenovia Recovery Systems Inc$100,00011%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Antonio Inc$100,00013%
Friends of Four Star Inc$100,000169%
Gilda's Club South Jersey Inc$100,000119%
Town of Mooresville$100,0001n/a
Thrive Peninsula Formerly Duco$100,00014%
Alternative Structures International$100,00011%
Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix$100,00010%
Nextstep Recycling$100,00018%
Humane Society of Charles County$100,000116%
Regional Council for Christian Ministry Inc$100,0001n/a
M F Place Inc$100,00012%
A Better World Charlotte$100,000116%
African American Museum$100,00018%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada$100,00011%
Do Greater Foundation Inc$100,000115%
The Food Brigade Inc$100,00014%
Covenant House Alaska$100,00010%
The Village at Glencliff$100,000135%
Interurban Arthouse$100,000115%
Handson Bay Area$99,72532%
Operation Enpower$97,000118%
Tyler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department$97,000127%
The Guest House of Milwaukee Inc$97,00011%
Three Oaks Homeless Shelter Inc$97,00012%
Hero Pups Inc$95,000123%
Arca$95,00010%
Saint Francis House Inc$95,00010%
City of Oneonta$95,0001n/a
Jane Addams Resource Corporation$95,00011%
Serenity Inns Inc$93,00015%
East Brunswick Youth Council$93,000163%
The Laurys Station Volunteer Fire Company 1 of Laurys Station North$92,000141%
City of Stewartville Mn$92,0001n/a
Adaptive Performance Center$92,00018%
Volunteer Action Center of Miami Inc Hands on Miami$90,325232%
Lifepointe Ministries Inc$90,0001n/a
The Gladney Center for Adoption$90,00011%
Backfield in Motion$90,00014%
American Cancer Society Inc$90,00010%
Lochland School Inc$87,00012%
Peace Tree Parks$87,0001n/a
The United Way of Central Maryland Inc$85,00010%
Americans for Independent Living$85,000111%
Sojourner Truth Ministries Inc$85,0001n/a
South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation$85,00013%
Rochester Museum & Science Center$85,00011%
Outside In$85,00010%
Historic West End Partners Inc$85,000112%
Surayya Anne Foundation Inc$85,000140%
Chester Education Foundation$85,00015%
Hands on Orlando Inc$84,900323%
VolunteerNow$82,45022%
Farmington United Methodist Church$80,0001n/a
Rowan Helping Ministries$80,00011%
Dupage Habitat for Humanity$80,00011%
Community Free Clinic Inc$80,00013%
Montclair Ambulance Unit$80,00017%
Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston$77,10020%
City of Central Falls$75,0001n/a
Austin Street Center$75,00011%
North Shore Community Development Coalit$75,00011%
Covey Inc$75,00016%
Huntington County Child Advocacy Center Inc Dba McKenzie's Hope$75,000126%
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy$75,00017%
Washoe County School District$75,0001n/a
Franklin County Humane Society$71,000112%
Western Ky Refugee Mutual Assistance Society Inc$71,00011%
Room in the Inn Inc$71,0001n/a
Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Department Inc$70,000124%
Little League Baseball Inc$70,000138%
Shower the People$70,000132%
Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Foundation$70,000132%
Anthesis Services$70,00011%
First Book$68,75010%
Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership$67,42521%
East Denver Colfax Partnership Inc$67,00012%
Troy Area United Ministries Inc$67,000111%
Jubilee REACH$65,00011%
Drummond Historical Society$65,0001n/a
Aberdeen Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry$65,000144%
United Way for Greater Austin$64,96520%
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria$63,00011%
United Way of Northeast Florida Inc$62,5252n/a
Preferred Behavioral Health of Nj Inc$62,00010%
Dog Tag Inc$60,12312%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Fresno Inc$60,00011%
Rosewood Heights Fire Protection District$60,0001n/a
Barn Buddies Rescue$60,000117%
New York Cares Inc$59,25020%
All Saints Episcopal Church$58,0001n/a
Poder$58,00011%
Central Light & Recreation of Sprague Martell$58,000146%
Saint Dominic's Family Services (Formerly Saint Dominic's Home)$58,00010%
Right Hand Events$56,2501n/a
Wayne Action for Racial Equality In$55,000152%
Port Orchard Historic Theatre Foundation$55,0001n/a
City of Cushing (Cushing Senior Citizens Center)$55,0001n/a
Penn Wynne Overbrook Hills Fire Co$55,0001n/a
Phinney Neighborhood Association$55,00011%
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island$55,00011%
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey$54,22220%
Nest4us$51,679159%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$50,00010%
House of Ruth$50,00010%
Veterati Inc$50,0001n/a
Variety the Children's Charity of the Delaware Valley$50,00011%
United Way Suncoast Inc$50,00020%
The Wakefield Foundation Inc$50,0001n/a
Means Database Inc$50,000118%
Animal Charity of Ohio Inc$50,00015%
City of Westbrook$50,0001n/a
Mooresville Graded School District$50,0001n/a
Easter Seals Serving DC MD VA Inc$50,00010%
Arizona Knowledge Empowerment and Advocacy Group$50,00013%
Kern Partnership for Children & Families$50,000134%
Southeastern Connecticut Community Land Trust Inc$50,0001n/a
United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc$48,60020%
Metrovolunteers$47,50021%
Social Club Inc$47,000149%
Panther Valley School District$45,0001n/a
Oasis - a Safe Haven for Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Violence$45,00012%
Fort Lee Health Dept$45,0001n/a
Champion House of Care Project One Inc$45,0001n/a
Young Audiences Inc of Houston$45,00013%
Eden Housing Resident Services Inc$44,00010%
Capital Region Youth Tennis Foundation Inc$43,00014%
D H & L Co Ambulance League$42,00013%
New Paltz Youth Program$41,0001n/a
Greater Richmond Fit4kids Inc$41,00014%
Hope House of Manitowoc County Inc$41,000111%
Henderson Volunteer Fire Department$40,0001n/a
Weddington Area Volunteer Fire Protection Association Inc$40,000113%
Starkfresh$40,00017%
Morehouse College$40,00010%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$40,00010%
Dubuque Arboretum Association Inc$40,00018%
Mecklenburg County$40,0001n/a
A Brighter Day Outreach$40,000129%
NFI North Inc$40,00010%
Nations Ministry Center$40,00013%
Together We Rise$39,26121%
Kids Off the Block Inc$38,746122%
Campbell County Childrens Center$38,00014%
Green Twp Vol Fire Dept Inc$38,000117%
United Way of Greenville County Inc$37,75020%
Children's Haven of Southwest Misso$36,00013%
Friends of Tietze Park Foundation$36,0001n/a
Mission Edge San Diego$35,82521%
Mentari Human Trafficking Survior$35,1231n/a
Stanley Volunteer Fire Department$35,000128%
Bridge Ministries of Shelby County$35,0001n/a
Nashua Soup Kitchen & Shelter Inc$35,00011%
Child Rescue Coalition Inc$35,00014%
Mental Health America of Hendricks County$35,0001n/a
Dismas of Vermont Inc$35,00012%
Aidans Heart Foundation$35,000175%
Stand Up for Salem$35,00011%
Northwest New Mexico Arts Council$35,000121%
United Way Community Services$35,00011%
Town of Tilton$33,0001n/a
Cafe of Life Inc$31,00012%
Scotland Volunteer Fire Department$30,00019%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury Inc$30,00011%
Safehouse Services$30,00013%
Spelter Volunteer Fire Dept$30,000123%
Rebuilding Together DC Alexandria$30,00011%
Highlanders Boxing Club Program$30,0001n/a
Deep Roots Inc$30,00013%
Rebuilding Together Broward County Inc$30,00013%
Team Up Mentoring Inc$25,00013%
Alternative Services - Connecticut Inc$25,00010%
City of Tuscumbia (Helen Keller Public Library)$25,0001n/a
Equal Justice Initiative$25,00010%
Anoka County Brotherhood Council Inc$25,00011%
Norm Waitt Sr Young Men's Christian Association (2221)$25,00011%
Texoma Family Shelter$25,00016%
Bountiful Cities Project$25,00014%
Jake Koenigsdorf Foundation Inc$25,000115%
Brralliance Inc$25,0001n/a
Urban Affairs Coalition$25,00010%
Webber Township Fire Protection District$25,0001n/a
Mount Vernon School District$25,0001n/a
Stanford Pediatric Surgery$25,0001n/a
Global Poverty Project Inc$25,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Northern Utah$25,00011%
Shreveport Green$25,00012%
City of Richmond Ca$24,5001n/a
Feednc$23,00010%
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette$23,00010%
Jeffco Public Schools$22,0001n/a
Tobacco Farm Life Museum Inc$21,5992n/a
City of Wasilla$21,0001n/a
Colorado Village Collaborative$20,00010%
Municipality of Anchorage$20,0001n/a
Humane Society of West Michigan$20,00011%
Galax Volunteer Fire Department In$20,00015%
Peppers Ranch Inc$20,00011%
Omaha Street School$20,00012%
Growing Roots$20,0001n/a
MMCG Inc$20,000128%
Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Train$20,00015%
Worcester Common Ground Inc$20,00011%
Youth Volunteer Corps$19,64411%
Seattle Works$17,7502n/a
The Salvation Army$17,0001n/a
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$17,00020%
Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps Inc$15,00011%
Enchanting Book Mobile$15,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco$15,00010%
Connecticut American Legion Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Visible Men Academy Inc$15,00011%
Volunteer Houston$15,0001n/a
Welcome Project Pa$15,00017%
Hands on Jacksonville$13,6561n/a
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$13,50020%
Nonprofit Center of Milwaukee Inc$12,85013%
Hands on Birmingham Inc$12,50013%
Stakeholders Inc$12,000126%
Business Volunteers Maryland Inc$11,6251n/a
Volunteer Alexandria$11,50015%
Period Inc$10,5001n/a
Central Kentucky Riding for Hope Inc$10,23711%
Westerly Innovations Network$10,1231n/a
Antioch Consolidated Association for Youth and Family$10,12311%
Platform Heal Inc$10,123181%
Soap Project Save Our Adolescents From Prostitution$10,1231n/a
Minds Matter National Inc$10,12312%
Malikah Inc Fka International Muslim Womens Initiative for Self Empowerment$10,12319%
Unprison Project$10,1231n/a
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio Inc$10,00010%
Samaritans 365 Foundation Inc Kindness Matters 365$10,0001n/a
Build Futures$10,00012%
American Women Vetrans Fund$10,0001n/a
Ebeauty Community Inc$10,00018%
Kids First Project$10,0001n/a
United Way of Acadiana Inc$10,00010%
Transfernation Inc$10,0001n/a
Cookies for Kids Cancer a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation$10,00010%
The Service Collaborative of Wny$10,00010%
Clean the World Global LLC$10,0001n/a
Cleaning For A Reason$10,00015%
Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Inc$10,00016%
Veterans Corner Inc$10,00019%
End Sepsis Inc$10,00012%
Foundation For Girls$10,00019%
Northern Westchester Hospital Center Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Special Needs Network Inc$10,00010%
Safe Hands for Girls Inc$10,00011%
Leslies Week$10,00016%
Team Tinker Home Away From Home Inc$10,000131%
Future Ties Inc Nfp$10,0001n/a
Reading Legacies$10,00013%
Dreamwakers$10,00016%
Gracie's Gowns Inc$10,0001n/a
Houston Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,00010%
Education Is Freedom Foundation$9,50010%
Volunteer Hampton Roads$9,35312%
Leadership Memphis$9,00011%
The Volunteer Center of the Triad$9,00012%
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry$8,83210%
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc$8,48510%
Austin Habitat for Humanity Inc$8,00010%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$8,0001n/a
Fort Worth Area Habitat for Humanity$8,00010%
Operation Gratitude Inc$7,50010%
United Way Inc$7,35010%
United Way of King County$6,75010%
Hands on New Orleans$6,75012%
Friends of Military Families Inc$6,5001n/a
Helpline Center Inc$6,43110%
Brandon Elks Lodge No 2383$6,4001n/a
Volunteer Service Bureau of Westchester Inc$6,03610%
Activate Good Inc$5,90011%
Landmarks for Families Inc$5,61810%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$5,50010%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$5,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,00010%
Handson Northwest North Carolina$5,00012%

Where it is load-bearing

Points of Light Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 39 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHands on Nashville Inc: $356,635 over 2y, 11% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $305,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetHorton's Kids Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetParity Baltimore Incorporated: $300,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFairfield Police Activities League: $300,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetHuntington Children's Museum Inc: $288,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetlowernineorg: $275,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $273,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Community Builders Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBurke United Christian Ministries: $245,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetVolunteer Center of Fairfax County Inc: $237,460 over 3y, 15% of budgetRestoration Ponite: $235,000 over 1y, 75% of budgetHandson Greater Phoenix: $230,730 over 3y, 12% of budgetStatus Home Inc F/K/A Jerusalem House Inc: $230,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Greater Indianapolis: $220,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetRestoreokc Inc: $215,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Sta: $215,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetInsight Housing FKA Berkeley Food and Housing Project: $210,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Florida Aquarium Inc: $210,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJersey Cares Inc: $209,186 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetMackida Loveal & Trip Mentoring Outreach Center: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWest Nashville Dream Center: $198,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetBeloved Asheville: $195,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLgbt Center Orlando Inc: $195,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetAshby House Ltd: $195,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetYouthbuild McLean County: $182,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetChicago Cares Inc: $175,539 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNorthern Virginia 4-H Educational Center: $175,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetQueerspace Collective: $175,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetHope Haven Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLifemoves: $175,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetourBRIDGE Inc: $172,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetThe Workshops Inc: $170,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetTogether Making a Better Community: $170,000 over 1y, 36% of budgetBrilliant Detroit: $170,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPivot Inc: $170,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEaster Seals Florida Inc: $167,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Midian Leadership Project Inc: $165,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetLumbee Land Development Inc: $160,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUndercliff Volunteer Fire Company: $160,000 over 1y, 38% of budgetHands on Atlanta Inc: $157,750 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBoston Cares Inc: $155,325 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetChildren of Mine: $155,000 over 1y, 65% of budgetRebuilding Together Miami-Dade Inc: $153,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetThe Martin Luther King Jr Center For Nonviolent Social Change Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetQuadriplegics United Against Dependency Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetThe Gil Carter Initiative: $150,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetLighthouse Recovery Community Center Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 15% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer FundGA24.3× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Points of Light Foundation

How much does Points of Light Foundation give?
Points of Light Foundation reported 100 grants totaling $10,024,630 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 94 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Points of Light Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Community Improvement (17%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Human Services (15%).
Who are Points of Light Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Salvation Army ($641k), Hands on Nashville Inc ($357k), Town of North Wilkesboro ($325k).
Does Points of Light Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 99% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Points of Light Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund, Td Charitable Foundation, Simple Generosity Foundation.
Where is Points of Light Foundation based?
Points of Light Foundation is based in GA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 404 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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