Virginia · Private foundation
The Luminescence Foundation Inc
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.
- $2.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 56
- Grants FY2024
- 88
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $666,667
- Organizations funded a year
- 32 to 103
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Luminescence Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $234k 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 | 55 | $2.1M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 88 | $2.5M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 103 | $2.7M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 86 | $1.7M | 73% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | $1,000,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $955,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Brightfocus Foundation | $600,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Middleburg Humane Foundation | $518,915 | 5 | 9% |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $410,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $400,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American Israel Education Foundation Inc | $375,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The National Sporting Library and Museum | $290,000 | 3 | 7% |
| American Prairie Foundation | $226,666 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 101 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Luminescence 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: Dun Foundation · William M Backer Foundation Inc · Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation · Wise Foundation · The Van Metre Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · McGraw Foundation · Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties · Frank Mangano Foundation · Awa Family Foundation · Northern Piedmont Community Foundation · The Bank of Clarke County Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Luminescence Foundation Inc
- How much does The Luminescence Foundation Inc give?
- The Luminescence Foundation Inc reported 56 grants totaling $2,762,980 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 32 and 103 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Luminescence Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Luminescence Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($1.0M), Johns Hopkins University ($955k), Brightfocus Foundation ($600k).
- Does The Luminescence Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Luminescence 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 Luminescence Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dun Foundation, William M Backer Foundation Inc, Fauquier Health Foundation Dba the Path Foundation.
- Where is The Luminescence Foundation Inc based?
- The Luminescence Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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