Mississippi · Private foundation
Salt and Light Foundation
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.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Salt and Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 | 19 | $265k | 26% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $280k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $264k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $303k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $239k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $251k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $140,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rooted Ministries Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Lawndale Presbyterian Church | $106,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Slingshot Memphis Inc | $79,000 | 6 | 1% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $68,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| AlongsideU | $27,500 | 4 | 14% |
| New Hope Christian Academy | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America | $140,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Rooted Ministries Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Lawndale Presbyterian Church | $106,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Slingshot Memphis Inc | $79,000 | 6 | 1% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $68,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lifeline Children's Services Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| AlongsideU | $27,500 | 4 | 14% |
| New Hope Christian Academy | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| French Camp Academy | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mercy Road Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Empowered to Connect | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Peru Mission USA Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mid-South Church Planting Network | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pca Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redwood Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Americus-Sumter Fuller Center for Housing | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($792k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Salt and Light 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: Christian Community Foundation of Memphis · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Salt and Light Foundation
- How much does Salt and Light Foundation give?
- Salt and Light Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $285,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Salt and Light Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (73%), Education (12%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are Salt and Light Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Western Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in America ($140k), Rooted Ministries Inc ($130k), Lawndale Presbyterian Church ($106k).
- Does Salt and Light Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Salt and Light 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 Salt and Light Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation of Memphis, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Salt and Light Foundation based?
- Salt and Light Foundation is based in MS.
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