How much does The Lighthouse for the Blind give?

The Lighthouse for the Blind reported 10 itemized grants totaling $593,073, out of $1,314,584 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.

What does The Lighthouse for the Blind fund?

By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (63%), Education (13%), Human Services (11%).

Who are The Lighthouse for the Blind's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis ($955k), MindsEye Radio ($567k), St Louis Society for the Blind ($408k).

Does The Lighthouse for the Blind fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Lighthouse for the Blind?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.

Where is The Lighthouse for the Blind based?

The Lighthouse for the Blind is based in MO.

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Missouri · Public charity

The Lighthouse for the Blind

To assist individuals who are legally blind maintain dignity and independence by making available employment, education, and support services.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 10
Itemized grants FY2024: 7
Organizations funded FY2023: 0%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $593k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $37,500
Largest grant, FY2024: $199,611
Organizations funded a year: 6 to 7; FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 3
Total assets, FY2024: $116M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Lighthouse for the Blind funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

AnimalsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	8	$593k	13%
FY2023	7	$460k	0%
FY2022	6	$369k	0%
FY2021	7	$333k	0%
FY2020	6	$291k	17%
FY2019	6	$300k	17%
FY2018	7	$355k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$1.7MEducation$361kHuman Services$292kRecreation & Sports$139kArts & Culture$130kAnimals$50kScience & Tech$38k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis	$954,651	7	11%
MindsEye Radio	$566,525	7	31%
St Louis Society for the Blind	$407,505	7	5%
Alabama Space Science Exhibit Comm	$271,047	6	n/a
Missouri Council of the Blind	$164,000	7	12%
Laumeier Sculpture Park	$130,170	5	2%
St Louis University	$127,500	3	0%
The Saint Louis Zoo Association	$49,500	2	0%
Curators of the University of Missouri	$20,000	2	n/a
Gateway Region Young Men's Christian Association	$10,400	1	0%

The Lighthouse for the Blind supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 8.

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.

United Way of Greater St Louis IncMO15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Lighthouse for the Blind

How much does The Lighthouse for the Blind give?: The Lighthouse for the Blind reported 10 itemized grants totaling $593,073, out of $1,314,584 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Lighthouse for the Blind fund?: By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (63%), Education (13%), Human Services (11%).
Who are The Lighthouse for the Blind's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Delta Gamma Center for Children with Vis ($955k), MindsEye Radio ($567k), St Louis Society for the Blind ($408k).
Does The Lighthouse for the Blind fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Lighthouse for the Blind?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, St Louis Community Foundation Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is The Lighthouse for the Blind based?: The Lighthouse for the Blind is based in MO.