Funding search · EIN 201063909 · Palo Alto, CA
Enlight Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 68
- grants reported
- $113.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $500,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- National Philanthropic Trust2 grants · $56.7M
- World Savvy3 grants · $7.0M
- San Francisco General Hosp Foundati3 grants · $6.9M
- Solutions Journalism Network3 grants · $5.5M
- Iconiq Educationeconomic Mobility C1 grant · $5.0M
- Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation3 grants · $3.6M
- Iconiq Impact Ocean Co-Lab1 grant · $3.3M
- Action for the Climate Emergency1 grant · $3.0M
- Leland Stanford Junior University3 grants · $2.6M
- Schwab Charitable Donor Advised Fun1 grant · $2.3M
Giving over time
Grant history
All 68 reported grants, largest first.
- $28.3M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024
Charity
- $28.3M
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
Charity
- $5.0M
Iconiq Educationeconomic Mobility C · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education and charity
- $3.3M
Iconiq Impact Ocean Co-Lab · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charity
- $3.0M
Action for the Climate Emergency · Charlestown, MA · 2024
Medical & charity
- $3.0M
World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education
- $3.0M
World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Education
- $2.9M
San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Child trauma research program.
- $2.5M
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2023
Culture
- $2.3M
Schwab Charitable Donor Advised Fun · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charity (statement 5)
- $2.3M
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2024
Culture
- $2.0M
San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Child trauma research program.
- $2.0M
San Francisco General Hosp Foundati · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Child trauma research program.
- $2.0M
Syracus University · Syracuse, NY · 2022
Education
- $1.5M
Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024
General education program
- $1.2M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2024
Charity
- $1.2M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2023
Charity
- $1.2M
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Charity
- $1.0M
Pinewood School · Los Altos, CA · 2024
Education
- $1.0M
World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Education
- $1.0M
Girl Effect · New York, NY · 2022
Charity
- $975,000
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2023
Education and environment
- $935,280
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education and environment
- $848,178
Empowerment Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Charity
- $750,000
Stanford Pacs · Stanford, CA · 2022
Education
- $734,400
Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education and environment
- $717,550
Solutions Journalism Network · New York, NY · 2022
Culture
- $610,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charity
- $586,000
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Charity
- $586,000
Calmatters · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Charity
- $547,500
Give 2 Asia · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charity
- $519,000
Catchlight · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charity
- $500,000
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Charity
- $500,000
Teach for All · New York, NY · 2024
Education program
- $500,000
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Charity
- $500,000
Children'S Health Council · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Charity
- $412,000
Presidio Graduate School · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Educational program
- $374,367
Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Culture & education
- $374,367
Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2023
Culture & education
- $350,000
The Foundation for Art Healing · Brighton, MA · 2024
Art and healing
- $330,000
Ucsf · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education and medical
- $300,000
Girl Effect · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
- $300,000
Empowerment Works · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Charity
- $299,000
Watson Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
Culture & education
- $250,000
Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts, Culture
- $200,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Scholarship & fellowship
- $200,000
Crew · Austin, TX · 2023
Education
- $200,000
Crew 2030 · Austin, TX · 2022
Education
- $154,000
Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Education
- $150,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors I · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
- $140,000
Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
- $128,513
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education
- $128,513
University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education
- $126,640
Asian Art Museum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Arts, Culture
- $105,000
The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2024
Charity
- $105,000
The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2023
Charity
- $105,000
The Hunger Project · New York, NY · 2022
Charity
- $100,000
Hopelab · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Education program
- $100,000
The Flight School · Sonoma, CA · 2024
Education program
- $99,442
Art of the Piano · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
General education program
- $90,000
Stanford Pacs · Stanford, CA · 2024
Education
- $77,000
Via Volunteers in Asia · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Education
- $70,000
March On Maryland Dba March On Fd · Severna Park, MD · 2024
Charity
- $70,000
Radius Books · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Charity
- $50,000
San Francisco Conservatory of Music · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Art and music
- $50,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Education and medical
- $20,000
The Battery Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Human rights
- $3,000
Barron Park Elementary School · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Education
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Similar purposes
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