Funding search · EIN 843595777 · Mercer Island, WA

Light and Shine Foundation

Name: Light and Shine Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

19
grants reported: $49,316
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,170
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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 “eudcation” · $1,352

$1,352
Mercer Island School Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2024
Eudcational Purpose

Grant history

All 19 reported grants, largest first.

$12,000
Bread of Life Christian Church (Bolcc) · Renton, WA · 2024
Charitable Purpose
$8,000
Bread of Life Christian Church · Renton, WA · 2023
Charitable
$7,500
Bread of Life Christian Church (Bolcc) · Bellevue, WA · 2021
Charitable
$5,979
Mercer Island School Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2021
Educational
$5,000
Mercer Island School Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2022
Educational
$2,000
Bread of Life Christian Church (Bolcc) · Bellevue, WA · 2022
Charitable
$1,352
Mercer Island School Foundation · Mercer Island, WA · 2024
Eudcational Purpose
$1,300
Mercer Island Orchestra Boosters · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Charitable
$1,206
Lakeridge Elementary School Pta · Mercer Island, WA · 2021
Educational
$1,170
Ukrain Refugee Relief Ngo · Seattle, WA · 2021
Charitable
$900
City Kids School · Kirkland, WA · 2023
Charitable
$700
Unicef · 2024
Charitable Purpose
$700
Unicef Hong Kong · 2023
Charitable
$628
Shekinah Bread of Life Christian Church · 2023
Charitable
$300
United Way of Greater Atlanta · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable
$250
Torch Life Mission · Seattle, WA · 2021
Charitable
$200
Girlscoot Troop · Seattle, WA · 2021
Charitable
$100
Snoqualmie Central Ski Patrol · Snoqualmie Pass, WA · 2023
Charitable
$31
Islander Middle School · Mercer Island, WA · 2023
Educational

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.