· Private foundation
The Light Rain Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $54k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER | $22,500 |
| STILLWATER FOOD PANTRY | $11,000 |
| ALUMNI & FRIENDS OF LCHS | $10,000 |
| DOUBLE H RANCH | $10,000 |
| MUSEUM OF INNOVATIVE SCIENCE | $2,500 |
| STILLWATER FREE LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| QUAKER SPRINGS FIRE DEPT | $2,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SARATOGA BATTLEFIELD | $1,500 |
| PREVENTION COUNCIL | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,500 |
| SARATOGA CHILDRENS LITTLE LEAGUE | $1,000 |
| STILLWATER CENTRAL SCHOOL WARRIOR WITHIN | $1,000 |
| ADIRONDACK MT CLUB | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 38% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 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
Backed again, and grew
- FCFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC9× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +157%
- DHDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC9× · 2017–2025 · $48k · revenue +21%
- SOSHELTERS OF SARATOGA INC5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +193%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $5k
- LCLYNN CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2017 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The adirondack council ensures the ecological integrity (clean water and air, wildlife habitat, etc.), wild character (solitude, scenic beauty, etc.), and vibrant communities of new york's six-million-acre adirondack park. the adirondack…
Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties
Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…
The mission of feeding new york state is to lead a unified effort for a hunger-free state of new york. the mission of food banking is to obtain food and deliver it to emergency food programs. feeding new york state works to end hunger by…
To serve the people of the Saratoga region by providing them access to excellence in healthcare in a supportive and caring environment.
Protect is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the adirondack park and the new york state forest preserve for current and…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
The saratoga springs preservation foundation promotes the preservation and enhancement of the architectural, cultural, and landscaped heritage of saratoga springs through educational programs, advocacy, technical assistance and restoration.
We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…
Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.
How this is measured
9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC ↗
- Who funds SHELTERS OF SARATOGA INC ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA PLAN INC ↗
- Who funds ALCOHOL & SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENT- ION COUNCIL OF SARATOGA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION OF ST MARY'S HEALTHCARE ↗
- Who funds FAST BREAK FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK EXPLORER INC ↗
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: Ge Aerospace Foundation · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Light Rain Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Light Rain Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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