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Private foundation (trust)EIN 541989253Est. 2000-05

THE LUMINESCENCE FOUNDATION INC

MARSHALL, VA 20115

Total Assets

$65.5M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$2.8M

FY 2024

Grants Made

56

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$49K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$500–$667K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$6.3M

Total Expenses

$4.0M

Qualifying Distributions

$2.8M

Distributable Amount

$2.9M

Min. Investment Return

$3.0M

Payout rate 96%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.96%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

56 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $500 through median $15K to maximum $667K, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $3.2M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

283 grants

MAYO CLINIC
$2.0M
4 grants
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
$800K
3 grants
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$600K
3 grants
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
$505K
4 grants
BRIGHTFOCUS FOUNDATION
$500K
4 grants
PROMISE PROJECT FCNY
$450K
4 grants
MIDDLEBERG HUMANE FOUNDATION
$428K
4 grants
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON
$410K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

283 grants

<$10K
174
grants
$10–50K
59
grants
$50–250K
43
grants
$250K–1M
7
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

21 states

New York
$2.2M
21% of total
Virginia
$2.2M
20% of total
Minnesota
$2.0M
19% of total
Maryland
$1.3M
12% of total
District of Columbia
$941K
9% of total
Illinois
$830K
8% of total
Texas
$410K
4% of total
Montana
$225K
2% of total
Massachusetts
$174K
2% of total
New Jersey
$100K
1% of total

+11 more states

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