Funding search · EIN 472617321 · Philadelphia, PA

Lightening the Load

Name: Lightening the Load grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “ggrant” · $10,000

$10,000
Bread for the World · Washington, DC · 2022
Ggrant to another 501(c)(3) organization

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia3 grants · $600,000
Community Volunteers in Medicine3 grants · $250,000
Philabundance3 grants · $205,000
Philadelphia Education Fund3 grants · $180,000
Travis Manion Foundation3 grants · $166,500
Wcu Foundation3 grants · $140,000
Melmark3 grants · $75,000
Friends Associatn for Care of Child2 grants · $40,000
Care3 grants · $40,000
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$614,500

2022

$629,500

2023

$610,000

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$200,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$200,000
Children'S Hospital of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$100,000
Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) foundation
$75,000
Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) foundation
$75,000
Community Volunteers in Medicine · West Chester, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) foundation
$75,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$70,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$62,500
Travis Manion Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$60,000
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$60,000
Philabundance · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$60,000
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$60,000
Philadelphia Education Fund · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$52,000
Travis Manion Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$52,000
Travis Manion Foundation · Doylestown, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$50,000
Wcu Foundation · West Chester, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$45,000
Wcu Foundation · West Chester, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$45,000
Wcu Foundation · West Chester, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Melmark · Berwyn, PA · 2024
Promises to keep campaign
$25,000
Friends Associatn for Care of Child · West Chester, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$25,000
Melmark · Berwyn, PA · 2023
Promises to keep campaign
$25,000
Melmark · Berwyn, PA · 2022
Promises to keep campaign
$20,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
West Chester Area Senior Center · West Chester, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$20,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$15,000
Friends Associatn for Care of Child · West Chester, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Friends Association for Care of Child · West Chester, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
West Chester Area Senior Center · West Chester, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Bread for the World · Washington, DC · 2022
Ggrant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Care · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
Smile Train · New York, NY · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$10,000
West Chester Area Senior Center · West Chester, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$7,500
St James School · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Grant to another 501 (c)(3) organization
$7,500
St James School · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Grant to another 501 (c)(3) organization
$7,500
St James School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to another 501 (c)(3) organization
$5,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2024
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2023
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization
$5,000
Mib Agents · Barnard, VT · 2022
Grant to another 501(c)(3) organization

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