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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 83-2803187

Emerging Light Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Rockville, MD. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $901,700 paid in grants.

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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

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $901,700

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $327,717

  • Tax year 2023

    $2,531,957

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $848,459

  • Tax year 2022

    $2,278,315

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $3,187,171

  • Tax year 2021

    $2,076,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $6,271,792

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,146,395

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $7,812,700

  • Tax year 2019

    $612,500

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $9,566,111

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Limitless Space Institute IncHouston, TX

    General support

    $500,000
  2. Mount Olive Baptist ChurchLeesburg, VA

    Help support a school in africa

    $401,700

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $500,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Texas1 grant $500,000
  2. Virginia1 grant $401,700

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Kamal GhaffarianCEO AND PRESIDENT Hours 3Pay $0
  • Matthew YetmanSECRETARY/TREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Michael GigliottiDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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