Texas · Public charity
The Lantern Project
The overall mission of THE LANTERN PROJECT 1) to assist people with barriers to employment by providing vocational education, work training, and support services, 2) to provide a faith-based program designed to teach life skills to people with barriers in life, 3) to provide or facilitate building projects, water wells, humanitarian…
- $169k
- Granted FY2022
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $143k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $33,100
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $65,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Total assets, FY2022
- $465k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 25% of the organizations The Lantern Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | $143k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $11k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $58k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $76k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Imagine Ministry Inc | $106,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Safe Families for Children Alliance | $70,643 | 2 | 1% |
| Christian Homes of Abilene Inc | $44,010 | 2 | 1% |
| Noah Project Inc | $32,570 | 1 | 2% |
| Global Samaritan Resources Inc | $32,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Noah Project | $32,250 | 1 | 5% |
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
About The Lantern Project
- How much does The Lantern Project give?
- The Lantern Project reported 4 itemized grants totaling $142,950, out of $169,250 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does The Lantern Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Human Services (46%), International (44%), Animals (10%).
- Who are The Lantern Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: The Imagine Ministry Inc ($106k), Safe Families for Children Alliance ($71k), Christian Homes of Abilene Inc ($44k).
- Does The Lantern Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lantern Project?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Lantern Project based?
- The Lantern Project is based in TX.
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