Missouri · Public charity
The Light Foundation
The mission of the organization is to create a generation of successful youth by providing life-changing opportunities.
- $87k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $58k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $34,235
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 4 | $58k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $136k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $122k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $29k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $64k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $171k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville University - St Louis | $317,229 | 8 | 0% |
| Scottish Rite Foundation of Missouri Inc | $116,043 | 3 | 26% |
| The Haven of Grace | $76,475 | 3 | 4% |
| Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders of St Louis Inc | $34,235 | 1 | 6% |
| The Saint Louis Womens Chorale | $30,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc | $21,480 | 2 | 0% |
| Demolay International | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of St Louis & Its Coordinate | $10,675 | 1 | 3% |
| The Supreme Council 33 Anc&Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry S Jr | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryville University - St Louis | $317,229 | 8 | 0% |
| Scottish Rite Foundation of Missouri Inc | $116,043 | 3 | 26% |
| The Haven of Grace | $76,475 | 3 | 4% |
| Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders of St Louis Inc | $34,235 | 1 | 6% |
| The Saint Louis Womens Chorale | $30,000 | 3 | 24% |
| Children's Dyslexia Centers Inc | $21,480 | 2 | 0% |
| Demolay International | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of St Louis & Its Coordinate | $10,675 | 1 | 3% |
| The Supreme Council 33 Anc&Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry S Jr | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Srkc Giving | $6,100 | 1 | 9% |
| The House of the Temple Historic Preservation Foundaion Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Light Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About The Light Foundation
- How much does The Light Foundation give?
- The Light Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $57,950, out of $87,251 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Light Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (51%), Health (18%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Light Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Maryville University - St Louis ($317k), Scottish Rite Foundation of Missouri Inc ($116k), The Haven of Grace ($76k).
- Does The Light Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Light Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Light Foundation based?
- The Light Foundation is based in MO.
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