Private foundation (trust)EIN 201063909Est. 2005-10

ENLIGHT FOUNDATION

PALO ALTO, CA 94306

Total Assets

$461.4M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$39.6M

FY 2023

Grants Made

16

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2.5M

FY 2023

Grant Range

$99K–$28.3M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$101.7M

Total Expenses

$47.5M

Qualifying Distributions

$39.9M

Distributable Amount

$24.3M

Min. Investment Return

$25.5M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

16 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $99K through median $598K to maximum $28.3M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2023. Peak $39.6M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

126 grants

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST
$28.3M
1 grant
LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$9.9M
5 grants
SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK
$6.2M
5 grants
VOTER PARTICIPATION CENTER
$5.8M
1 grant
GLOBAL CITIZEN YEAR
$5.3M
2 grants
SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSP FOUNDATI
$5.2M
3 grants
ICONIQ EDUCATIONECONOMIC MOBILITY C
$5M
1 grant
WORLD SAVVY
$4.8M
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

126 grants

<$10K
10
grants
$10–50K
14
grants
$50–250K
44
grants
$250K–1M
40
grants
$1–5M
14
grants
$5M+
4
grants

Geographic Focus

11 states

California
$50.5M
47% of total
Pennsylvania
$28.3M
27% of total
New York
$11.9M
11% of total
District of Columbia
$7.3M
7% of total
Minnesota
$4.5M
4% of total
Colorado
$2.2M
2% of total
Massachusetts
$1.3M
1% of total
Texas
$667K
1% of total
Ohio
$99K
0% of total
New Jersey
$31K
0% of total

+1 more states

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