Nevada · Private foundation
The Children of Light Foundation
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.
- $151k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $59,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Children of Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 5 | $151k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $96k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $88k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $110k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $79k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $118k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $159k | 73% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $89k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Ministries | $340,000 | 7 | 99% |
| Village Church | $163,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Young Life | $22,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Full Belly Brasil | $5,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Payette River Bicycle Movement | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Council Chamber of Commerce | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Professional Climbing Guides Institute | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Incline Village Community Hospital Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($352k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Children of Light Foundation
- How much does The Children of Light Foundation give?
- The Children of Light Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $150,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Children of Light Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Arts & Culture (38%), Youth Development (3%).
- Who are The Children of Light Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Aurora Ministries ($340k), Village Church ($163k), Young Life ($23k).
- Does The Children of Light Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Children 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 The Children of Light Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Children of Light Foundation based?
- The Children of Light Foundation is based in NV.
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