North Carolina · Nonprofit
Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc
Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,041 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($11,041). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $261k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $11k
- Net assets
- $25k
What Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc does
Mission
Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc LCF is a North Carolina 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to support men and women recovering from substance use disorders and mental health challenges through transitional housing need-based participant assistance and technology infrastructure that strengthens the broader recovery housing ecosystem. LCF operates transitional housing for men in early recovery administers the Recovery Home Finder platform used by case managers and housing specialists to locate open beds in recovery sober living and halfway houses and provides AI-enabled automation tools that reduce the administrative burden on recovery home operators. See Schedule O for expanded mission statement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2025 Lighthouse Collective Foundation undertook the following significant program services not listed on the prior Form 990: 1 Recovery Home Finder Platform Relaunch: LCF substantially expanded and relaunched the Recovery Home Finder a directory and matching service connecting individuals seeking recovery housing with NARR-accredited transitional homes. The 2025 relaunch broadened public access and improved matching capability for individuals seeking safe transitional housing. 2 AI-Powered Operational Tools for Transitional Home Operators: A suite of automation tools designed to reduce administrative burden on operators of transitional recovery sober living and halfway houses allowing them to direct more time and resources to direct resident support.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
During 2025 Lighthouse Collective Foundation closed two of its four mens transitional housing properties as part of a strategic transition. The organization is shifting from direct operation of recovery housing toward technology and capital infrastructure that strengthens the broader recovery housing ecosystem including the Recovery Home Finder platform and AI-enabled operational tools for recovery housing operators. The transition began in late 2025 and continues into 2026.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Lighthouse Collective Foundation operated up to four NARR-accredited transitional homes for men recovering from substance use and or mental health disorders during 2025 closing two of the homes during the year as part of a strategic transition. The homes provided structured drug-free residential environments with peer support MAT medication-assisted treatment acceptance and workforce development pathways. In 2025 LCF served 195 unduplicated residents across the program and disbursed 31,758 in need-based participant assistance through the Workforce Development Participant Assistance Program for hardship needs incidental to early recovery including food transportation hygiene supplies medical copays identification fees and work-readiness supplies. The participant assistance program is operated as need-based charitable assistance consistent with IRS Publication 3833.
$276,895 spentof which $31,758 as grants$261,145 earned by the program96% of program spendingRecovery Home Finder Platform: A free mobile application and companion website www.recoveryhomefinder. com functioning as a real-time publicly searchable directory of open beds in recovery homes sober living residences and halfway houses. The platform addresses a chronic gap in the continuum of recovery care by enabling case managers social workers detox facilities treatment centers and housing specialists to locate appropriate placements during the narrow window following inpatient discharge or crisis intervention. Relaunched with significant updates in February 2025; published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store and provided at no cost to users. By early 2026 the platform is utilized by more than 90 percent of recovery sober living and halfway house operators in Western North Carolina with expansion to additional regions under development. All intellectual property is owned by LCF pursuant to a written Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement with the platforms principal developer.
$7,000 spent2% of program spendingAI-Enabled Operations Support for Recovery Housing Operators: Suite of AI-enabled automation tools that reduce administrative burden on operators of transitional recovery sober living and halfway houses intake inquiries bed-availability reporting scheduling support follow-up communication. Provided as a charitable service. Integrated with Recovery Home Finder.
$3,459 spent1% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $287,354.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $101k to $57k (−44%).
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 Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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.
Board chair
Kate Austin
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Lighthouse Collective Foundation 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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
Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Lighthouse Collective Foundation 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 Lighthouse Collective Foundation 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 Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc?
- Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $11,041 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($11,041). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $11,041 in grants to Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $11,041 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Lighthouse Collective Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 2023–2025), 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