Texas · Nonprofit
LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC
LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,823 to it, the largest being Forvis Mazars Foundation ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $667k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $658k
What Light Up to Live Inc does
Mission
Light up to live, inc. Is organized exclusively for those charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the meaning of and pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (or under the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law), including but not limited to the purposes of: (1) providing low-cost medical education, awareness and treatment pathways to assist us veterans and other individuals and families throughout the united states who suffer from brain injuries and related pain; (2) undertaking or supporting research projects, community programs and grants specifically designed to facilitate adequate medical education, treatment and assistance for veterans and other individuals and families with brain injuries; (3) providing and creating a holistic approach to brain health and treatment; (4) providing low cost pain mitigation and treatment solutions and access to light therapy for veterans and other individuals; (5) providing support and grants to other military related charitable organizations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Light up to live, inc. Was incorporated on january 5, 2017 which was the initial year of operations. Light up to live, inc. Is organized exclusively for those charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes within the meaning of and pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (or under the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law), including but not limited to the purposes of: (1) providing low-cost medical education, awareness and treatment pathways to assist us veterans and other individuals and families throughout the united states who suffer from brain injuries and related pain; (2) undertaking or supporting research projects, community programs and grants specifically designed to facilitate adequate medical education, treatment and assistance for veterans and other individuals and families with brain injuries; (3) providing and creating a holistic approach to brain health and treatment; (4) providing low cost pain mitigation and treatment solutions and access to light therapy for veterans and other individuals and families in the community inflicted with brain injuries (5) receiving contributions from…
$647,711 spentof which $479,455 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $647,711.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2018 to 2019, from $139k to $318k (+128%).
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.
99% of LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $100.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC’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
LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC
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.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC: 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 UP TO LIVE INC?
- LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $39,823 to it, the largest being Forvis Mazars Foundation ($11,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $39,823 in grants to LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC?
- Forvis Mazars Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHT UP TO LIVE INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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