Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Luminate Foundation Inc
Luminate Foundation Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,500,000 to it, the largest being SANDLER FOUNDATION ($23,500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $874k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Luminate Foundation Inc does
Programs
Information EcosystemsWe build and support healthy information ecosystems, where the information that shapes people's lives is more accurate, independent, and inclusive of everyone's viewpoints. We want public debate to be better informed and less polarised. This involves supporting investigative journalism, along with work to tackle the spread of misinformation, protect freedom of expression, and hold digital media platforms to account.
$8,501,881 spentParticipation & DissentWe are focused on ensuring everyone is able to challenge power and influence the decisions that shape society. To achieve this, we support work to increase participation and make civic and political life more inclusive and representative of wider society. This includes the removal of systemic barriers, which prevent groups from accessing and engaging with power. We also work to protect those who dissent and support them to be more effective in their pursuit of change.
$13,997,756 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $60M to $33M (−45%).
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.
Chief executive
Stephen King
CEO & Director
Board chair
Patricia Christen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $3.0M → $5.0M.
From the IRS filings of Luminate 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
Luminate Foundation Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like Luminate 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Luminate 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 Luminate Foundation Inc?
- Luminate Foundation Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,500,000 to it, the largest being SANDLER FOUNDATION ($23,500,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Luminate Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $23,500,000 in grants to Luminate Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Luminate Foundation Inc?
- SANDLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $23,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Luminate Foundation Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2018–2024), 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