California · Nonprofit
LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION
LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,260 to it, the largest being BETTER COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($45,260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $523
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $-497
What Light Source Foundation does
Mission
Light Source Foundation was founded in order to promote an inclusive community that reflects the best of american and jewish values. The pursuit of a just society, ensuring a strong jewish future and promoting a safe and vibrant israel are the enduring cornerstones of our work which is done through education and learning. By providing educational events to promote a culture of continuous learning and understanding we feel we can make a better future for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Single jewish night. An event to provide a safe environment for those people of the jewish faith to socialize and further their educational goals via seminars and other educational based events for both children under 18 years of age and separately for adults who want to continue to learn about the jewish faith.
$6,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 $15k to $10k (−36%).
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.
0% of LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION’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.
Where its funders are
100% of LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION's revenue fell 99% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
37% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION: 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 LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION?
- LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $45,260 to it, the largest being BETTER COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($45,260). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $45,260 in grants to LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION?
- BETTER COMMUNITIES TOGETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,260 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHT SOURCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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