California · Private foundation
Shining Light Charitable Trust
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.
- $276k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2024
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $19,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 36
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 18
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Shining Light Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 36 | $276k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 36 | $297k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $298k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $292k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Baptist College | $105,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Mobilization | $76,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Southern California Inc | $63,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Baptist Mid-Missions | $53,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Israel Restoration Ministries | $38,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Global Training Network Inc | $28,750 | 5 | 0% |
| White Fields Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| D M Stearns Missionary Fund | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Jews for Jesus | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Coast Baptist College | $105,274 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Mobilization | $76,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Southern California Inc | $63,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Baptist Mid-Missions | $53,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Israel Restoration Ministries | $38,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Global Training Network Inc | $28,750 | 5 | 0% |
| White Fields Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| D M Stearns Missionary Fund | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Jews for Jesus | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Grace Ministries International | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Fellowship International Mission | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Word of Life Inc | $24,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Sim USA Incorporated | $22,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Perception Funding Inc | $22,000 | 4 | 0% |
| AskDrBrown Ministries Inc | $21,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Tentmakers Bible Mission Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Life and Light Foundation | $16,352 | 1 | 5% |
| Ethnos360 Bible Institute Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| HLK International Ministries | $13,000 | 2 | 22% |
| Project Mercy Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| International Board of Jewish Missions Inc | $10,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Oaks International | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist International Missions Incorporated | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($580k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Shining Light Charitable Trust 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.
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How this is measured
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About Shining Light Charitable Trust
- How much does Shining Light Charitable Trust give?
- Shining Light Charitable Trust reported 36 grants totaling $275,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 36 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Shining Light Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (79%), Education (8%), International (7%).
- Who are Shining Light Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: West Coast Baptist College ($105k), Operation Mobilization ($76k), Child Evangelism Fellowship Of Southern California Inc ($63k).
- Does Shining Light Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Shining Light 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 Shining Light Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation.
- Where is Shining Light Charitable Trust based?
- Shining Light Charitable Trust is based in CA.
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