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Private foundation (trust)EIN 208069108Est. 2007-06

Lighten Family Foundation

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$6.6M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$83K

FY 2024

Grants Made

11

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$8K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$25K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$702K

Total Expenses

$139K

Qualifying Distributions

$98K

Distributable Amount

$295K

Min. Investment Return

$302K

Payout rate 33%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.33%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

11 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $4K to maximum $25K, 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 2024. Peak $387K in 2018. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

61 grants

YALE UNIVERSITY
$645K
5 grants
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC
$175K
3 grants
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
$100K
5 grants
NEW YORK THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
$36K
4 grants
CENTER CHAPEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
$27K
5 grants
DIVINE FAVOR & FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
$26K
4 grants
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEW ROCHELLE INC
$14K
3 grants
NEW ROCHELLE POLICE FOUNDATION INC
$11K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

61 grants

<$10K
46
grants
$10–50K
9
grants
$50–250K
6
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

7 states

Connecticut
$646K
60% of total
New York
$363K
34% of total
Tennessee
$53K
5% of total
District of Columbia
$6K
1% of total
Texas
$1K
0% of total
Maryland
$1K
0% of total
California
$500
0% of total

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