Delaware · Private foundation
Shades of Light Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $677k
- Granted FY2020
- 2
- Grants FY2020
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $610,427
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $610,427
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Shades of Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 1 | $677k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $44k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $18k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Your Dreams Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Jewish Film Society Inc | $5,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences Inc | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Limmud Atlanta Southeast | $2,700 | 2 | 2% |
| youthSpark Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forget Me Not Childrens Services | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neranenah Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The Inner Spark Foundation | $600 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create Your Dreams Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Covenant House Georgia Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Atlanta Jewish Film Society Inc | $5,220 | 3 | 0% |
| Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences Inc | $4,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power and Potential Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Limmud Atlanta Southeast | $2,700 | 2 | 2% |
| youthSpark Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forget Me Not Childrens Services | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Neranenah Inc | $1,250 | 2 | 0% |
| The Inner Spark Foundation | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Helpings Atlanta Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Sunrise Day Camps Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Free Bikes 4 Kidz of Atlanta Co | $150 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($717k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shades of 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: The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Imlay Foundation Inc · Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc · The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation · THDF II Inc DBA The Home Depot Foundation & Homer Fund · United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Shades of Light Foundation
- How much does Shades of Light Foundation give?
- Shades of Light Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $677,466 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Shades of Light Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (92%), Youth Development (3%), Religion (2%).
- Who are Shades of Light Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Create Your Dreams Inc ($18k), Covenant House Georgia Inc ($7k), Atlanta Jewish Film Society Inc ($5k).
- Does Shades of Light Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shades of 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 Shades of Light Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc, The Imlay Foundation Inc, Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta Inc.
- Where is Shades of Light Foundation based?
- Shades of Light Foundation is based in DE.
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