California · Private foundation
The Living Light Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $230k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,453
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $110,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $507k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations The Living Light Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 9 | $230k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $75k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $32k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $35k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givedirectly Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Glide Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Canal Alliance | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Pachamama Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Connect to Compete Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,453 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givedirectly Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Glide Foundation | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camfed USA Foundation | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Canal Alliance | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Pachamama Alliance | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Connect to Compete Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 1% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $10,453 | 1 | 0% |
| Health Youniveristy Group | $10,000 | 1 | 83% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Voices | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($16k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Living Light Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
About The Living Light Foundation
- How much does The Living Light Foundation give?
- The Living Light Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $230,453 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Living Light Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (28%), International (13%), Public Benefit (13%).
- Who are The Living Light Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Givedirectly Inc ($120k), Glide Foundation ($40k), Camfed USA Foundation ($40k).
- Does The Living Light Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Living Light Foundation 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.
- Where is The Living Light Foundation based?
- The Living Light Foundation is based in CA.
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