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White Light 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.

$18k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$35kHealth$27kEducation$15kCivil Rights$12kYouth Development$9kCrime & Legal$8kHuman Services$8kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$13k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARITAS OF PORTCHESTER$5,700
HARM REDUCTION ACTION CENTER$3,191
SOS RECOVERY CENTER$2,200
PROJECT WEBER$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
RUTLAND COUNTY PARENTS CHILD CENTER$950
DISMISS HOUSE OF RUTLAND$805
VERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS$550
NEW STORY CENTER OF RUTLAND$400
RUTLAND COUNTY HUMAN SOCIETY$350
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 30% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELP CENTER: $750 → 10%PROJECT WEBER: $2k → 14%PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY: $1k → 6%HOWARD CENTER: $5k → 10%RUTLAND COUNTY PARENTS CHILD CENTER: $950 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

1
The Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas

Helping those in crisis, especially suicidal crisis, find hope for the future.

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2
Here Tomorrow Inc

Our mission is to transform lives by building a community where mental healthcare is acceptable and accessible. we inspire hope and provide real help to people at risk for suicide and their families through same-day peer mental health…

Health
3
Worcester Youth and Family Counseling Services Inc

Worcester youth and family services empowers all people, of all ages, toward leading capable, purposeful, responsible, fulfilled lives in healthy families and communities.

Human Services
4
United Way of Connecticut Inc

United way of connecticut is proud to be a trusted and vital resource for help and information about what the people of connecticut need. we respond to requests for food, housing, health care, child care, child development resources,…

Philanthropy
5
Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County

Prevent suicide by raising awareness

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6
Helpline Center Inc

Making lives better by giving support, offering hope and creating connections all day, every day.

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7
Crisis Text Line Inc

By leveraging innovative technology and research, we are shaping mental health policy and systems to create a world where everyone has access to the support they need anytime, anywhere.

Health
8
Common Ground

With the mission of "helping people move from crisis to hope," common ground is dedicated to helping youths, adults and families by providing programs and services in three distinct impact areas: responding to crisis; providing safety and…

Health
9
Central Wyoming Counseling Center

To provide mental health and counseling services in wyoming through stewardship, innovation and compassion

Health
10
Thrive Counseling Center

Our mission is to provide community-centered mental health services that empower individuals and families to build resilience and lead lives filled with meaning, connection, and hope.

Health
11
Response of Suffolk County Inc

To provide callers in crisis or in need of support with unconditional acceptance, compassion, and respect in order to lower anxiety and facilitate their innate coping skills; to help callers capitalize on their strengths in the prevention…

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12
Contact We Care Inc

Contact we care is devoted to promoting emotional well being and preventing emotional crises by providing opportunities for people to express themselves to compassionate listeners in a safe environment. we respond to the need for human…

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Crisis Connections; the most unlike its peers is Rutland County Parent Child Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 86 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · OtherQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $7,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBTURNING POINT: $5,000 · OtherMEALS ON MAIN STREET: $4,000 · OtherCENTRAL OHIO FREEDOM FUND: $3,500 · Other+52 more: $71,130 · Other+52 moreCARITAS OF PORT CHESTER INC: $8,300 · Food & NutritionCARITAS OF P…FOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,600 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF…ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $2,600 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMM…SOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 · Food & NutritionSOUL FIRE FA…OUR KITCHEN TABLE: $1,500 · Food & NutritionOUR KITCHEN …FRESH FUTURE FARM INC: $1,000 · Food & NutritionFRESH FUTURE…HowardCenter Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT WEBERRENEW: $2,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $1,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesRutland County Parent Child Center Inc: $950 · Human ServicesHELP CENTER INC: $750 · Human ServicesLIFEACT: $1,500 · HealthSUICIDE PREVENTION & CRISIS SERVICE INC: $1,500 · HealthI Understand Love Heals: $1,000 · HealthTHE PETE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthSIX FEET OVER: $1,000 · HealthLines for Life: $500 · HealthDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $500 · HealthHOPE4UTAH: $500 · HealthASPEN HOPE CENTER: $500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $3,191 · Community ImprovementFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $2,600 · Community ImprovementABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $2,000 · Housing & ShelterBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterEQUINOX INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentJANA MARIE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$104,630Food & Nutrition$17,500Human Services$11,200Health$8,250Community Improvement$5,791Housing & Shelter$5,000Youth Development$3,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetQUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARITAS OF PORT CHESTER INC: $8,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHowardCenter Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLORADO NONPROFIT DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $3,191 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT FOODSHARE INC: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLACE HOUSE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT WEBERRENEW: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABBY KELLEY FOSTER HOUSE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIDEONS ARMY GRASSROOTS ARMY FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC: $1,750 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR KITCHEN TABLE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEACT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUINOX INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY VIOLENCE PROJECT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUICIDE PREVENTION & CRISIS SERVICE INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI Understand Love Heals: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJANA MARIE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDSAVERS- MEMORIAL CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRESH FUTURE FARM INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PETE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetElyssas Mission NFP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK FARMERS COLLECTIVE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSIX FEET OVER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRutland County Parent Child Center Inc: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKUTO CORPORATION: $750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHELP CENTER INC: $750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVERMONT ADAPTIVE SKI AND SPORTS: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLines for Life: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE4UTAH: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASPEN HOPE CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTLAND COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRISIS CONNECTIONS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Network for GoodMightycause Charitabl…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Enterprise Holdings F…National Philanthropi…Verizon FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Pfizer Foundation…
Network for GoodDC10.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Network for Good · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Verizon Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization White Light Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from White Light Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Lines for Life: 70% of income from government
  • Rutland County Parent Child Center Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports: 11% of income from government
  • HowardCenter Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to White Light Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to White Light Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 86 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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