Texas · Nonprofit
A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON
A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $151k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $42k
What A Lighted Path Houston does
Mission
The purposes for which the corporation was organzed and to be operated are exclusively religious, charitable, scientific, and/or educatoinal within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, and future corresponding laws of the united states (the "code"). In accomplishment of such purposes, the corporation will perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purposes of the corporation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Adults in training ("ait") provided programing and support for youth who currently aged out of foster care, including providing meals, furniture, rent assistance and training. The total grants amount also includes counseling expenses paid for youth in the amount of $5,294.
$27,107 spentof which $13,304 as grants66% of program spendingLoving lamar hosts a job fair, provides teacher appreciation items and provides funding for school supplies for at risk students at lamar high school in houston, tx. The total grants amount inlcudes counseling paid to outside counselors or agencies for counseling for high school students. There was also a program in 2025 to furnish prom dresses and tuxedos for students use.
$8,871 spentof which $2,620 as grants22% of program spendingA strong start ("starting strong") hosts training and education for low income child care facility owners and workers. Additionally, the program supports early childhood development to contribute to success in the later lives of children. The grants amount includes a grant made to nabor house community in the amount of $7,400. Address of donee is 14100 memorial drive, houston, tx 77079.
$5,103 spentof which $7,400 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $41,081.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $21k to $50k (+139%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Reverend Leigh Spruill
Chairman of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
91% of A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON?
- A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $22,000 in grants to A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A LIGHTED PATH HOUSTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing