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The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc

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.

$603k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
22
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$17,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 56
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$578k19%
FY202431$714k23%
FY202342$718k21%
FY202242$1.3M40%
FY202123$651k39%
FY202056$1.2M96%
FY20192$35kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$2.7MHealth$890kHuman Services$670kYouth Development$655kReligion$370kInternational$311kArts & Culture$256kEducation$210kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
PA
CT
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Palm City Presbyterian Church$360,0004n/a
Project Lift Inc$270,00044%
Parc Inc$185,00050%
HPS Helping People Succeed Inc$178,18241%
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$120,00010%
Harbour Ridge Family Foundation$113,400617%
United Way of Martin County Inc$102,50021%
Gertrude Walden Child Care Center$95,0004n/a
Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc$90,00020%
Old Salt Fishing Foundation Inc$90,00062%
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All grantees of The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Palm City Presbyterian Church$360,0004n/a
Project Lift Inc$270,00044%
Parc Inc$185,00050%
HPS Helping People Succeed Inc$178,18241%
University at Buffalo Foundation Inc$120,00010%
Harbour Ridge Family Foundation$113,400617%
United Way of Martin County Inc$102,50021%
Gertrude Walden Child Care Center$95,0004n/a
Treasure Coast Food Bank Inc$90,00020%
Old Salt Fishing Foundation Inc$90,00062%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$80,00020%
Parent to Parent of the Treasure Coast Inc$80,000555%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$75,00030%
Florida Oceanographic Society Inc$60,10031%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$60,00020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50,00020%
The Hope Center for Autism Inc$50,00011%
Homes for Our Troops Inc$50,00020%
Molly's House Inc$47,50024%
Americares Foundation Inc$40,00020%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$40,00010%
Jimmy Lee Scholarship Fund$35,000369%
Jupiter Medical Center Inc$35,00030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$25,00010%
The Dove Fund$25,00032%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$20,00010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$20,00010%
A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary$20,00011%
Safespace Inc$20,00020%
The Children's Home Society of Florida$20,00010%
Green Beret Foundation$20,00011%
Caring Fields Felines Inc$20,00032%
Judicial Watch Inc$20,00010%
Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield$20,00011%
Collaboration Center Foundation$20,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$20,00010%
The Friends of Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc$20,00012%
Compassion International Incorporated$11,1505n/a
Children's Dream Fund Inc$10,00010%
Smile Train Inc$10,00010%
The Dollywood Foundation$10,00010%
Coalition to Salute America's Heroes Foundation$10,00010%
Hope Rural School Inc$5,50050%
Light of the World Charities Inc$5,10011%
The Eisenhower Foundation$5,00010%
Evans Scholars Foundation$5,00010%
March of Dimes Inc$5,00010%
Clery Center for Security on Campus$5,00010%
Science History Institute$3,00020%
SPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc$2,30030%
Play for Pink Inc$1,05030%
Share Our Strength$1,00020%
National Geographic Society$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Community Care Inc$1,0001n/a
Lighthouse Artcenter Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProject Lift Inc: $270,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetParc Inc: $185,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHPS Helping People Succeed Inc: $178,182 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHarbour Ridge Family Foundation: $113,400 over 6y, 17% of budgetUnited Way of Martin County Inc: $102,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTreasure Coast Food Bank Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOld Salt Fishing Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetParent to Parent of the Treasure Coast Inc: $80,000 over 5y, 55% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Oceanographic Society Inc: $60,100 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetProject Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hope Center for Autism Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHomes for Our Troops Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMolly's House Inc: $47,500 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJimmy Lee Scholarship Fund: $35,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dove Fund: $25,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSafespace Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Children's Home Society of Florida: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Beret Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCaring Fields Felines Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Ridgefield: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCollaboration Center Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Friends of Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChildren's Dream Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dollywood Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition to Salute America's Heroes Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHope Rural School Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLight of the World Charities Inc: $5,100 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Eisenhower Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEvans Scholars Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClery Center for Security on Campus: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetScience History Institute: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS FLORIDA Inc: $2,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPlay for Pink Inc: $1,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 51.

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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.

The Lichtenberger FoundationFL41.2× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lichtenberger Foundation · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · United Way of Martin County Inc · Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Hobe Sound Community Chest Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Gordana Uscumlic Foundation · Susan R and John W Sullivan Foundation · W and H Thomas Charitable Trust · The Fine Foundation · Church of the Good Shepherd · Tijeras Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc

How much does The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc give?
The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $603,082 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 56 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Health (13%), Human Services (10%).
Who are The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Palm City Presbyterian Church ($360k), Project Lift Inc ($270k), Parc Inc ($185k).
Does The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc 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 Lichtenberger Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lichtenberger Foundation, The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc, United Way of Martin County Inc.
Where is The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc based?
The Lichtenberger Foundation Inc is based in FL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 105 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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