New Jersey · Private foundation
The Light 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.
- $148k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $77,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $-36471
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Light Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $148k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $144k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $223k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $116k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $91k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $341k | 81% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $197k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $161k | 60% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Zichron Yisroel Inc | $63,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Ohel Shimon | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakewood Cheder School Inc | $28,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Iyun Haparsha Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Jersey Center for Judaic Studies | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Relief Resources Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oneg Shabbos and Yom Tov | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nesivas Aaron | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheder Toras Zev | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Zichron Yisroel Inc | $63,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Yeshivas Ohel Shimon | $38,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakewood Cheder School Inc | $28,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Iyun Haparsha Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Jersey Center for Judaic Studies | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Relief Resources Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Torah Center For Higher Rabbinical Studies Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oneg Shabbos and Yom Tov | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nesivas Aaron | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheder Toras Zev | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meged Shomayim | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Zichron Moshe Inc | $2,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Bais Medrash Zichron Meir Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Shemiras Sedorim Inc | $1,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Chizuk USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stam Gemilas Chesed Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Limudei Da'As Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Light Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: The Ojc Fund · Donors Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Jack Adjmi Family Foundation Inc · Lakewood Cheder School Inc · Zichron Btz Tzedakah Foundation · The Jmg Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Salomon Stern Foundation · Gemach of Jackson Inc · Jsp Family Foundation · Grant Recommendation Fund
How this is measured
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About The Light Foundation Inc
- How much does The Light Foundation Inc give?
- The Light Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $148,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Light Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (62%), Philanthropy (27%), Education (1%).
- Who are The Light Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Congregation Zichron Yisroel Inc ($64k), Yeshivas Ohel Shimon ($38k), Lakewood Cheder School Inc ($28k).
- Does The Light Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Light 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 Light Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ojc Fund, Donors Fund Inc, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Light Foundation Inc based?
- The Light Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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