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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 68-6054663

The Living Light Foundation

A private foundation in Mill Valley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 9 grants and $230,453 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $230,453

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $506,814
  • Tax year 2023

    $75,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $468,075
  • Tax year 2022

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $429,422
  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $361,313
  • Tax year 2020

    $35,000

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $362,313
  • Tax year 2019

    $10,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $394,756
  • Tax year 2018

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $302,348

Grants paid in 2024

9 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. GivedirectlyNew York, NY

    To empower people in poverty to choose how best to improve their lives.

    $110,000
  2. CamfedSan Francisco, CA

    To provide girls with individualized financial and material support to attend and succeed in school.

    $30,000
  3. The Bail ProjectPasadena, CA

    To provide free bail assistance to low-income americans.

    $30,000
  4. Feeding AmericaChicago, IL

    To respond to the hunger crisis in america by providing food to people in need through a nationwide network of food banks.

    $20,000
  5. UNICEF USANew York, NY

    To support the most vunerable children wherever they live.

    $10,453
  6. Glide FoundationSan Francisco, CA

    Helping the poor and the disenfranchised.

    $10,000
  7. Health Youniversity GroupSausalito, CA

    To provide women information and tools to reach specific health and wellness goals.

    $10,000
  8. EveryoneonLos Angeles, CA

    To unlock social and economic opportunity by connecting people in under-resourced communities to affordable internet service and computers, and providing digital skills and trainings.

    $5,000
  9. Counterculture MuseumSan Francisco, CA

    To explore countercultures, subcultures, and dominant cultures from which they arise.

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Human services1 grant $110,00066% of the total
  2. Food and agriculture1 grant $20,00012% of the total
  3. International aid1 grant $10,4536% of the total
  4. Education1 grant $10,0006% of the total
  5. Religion1 grant $10,0006% of the total
  6. Public affairs1 grant $5,0003% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $110,000
  2. California7 grants $100,453
  3. Illinois1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Steven K FoxTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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