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Lighten Family Foundation: 16 grants to organizations, $460,500 (tax year ended December 2025)
Lighten Family Foundation, a private foundation in Wilmington, DE, paid 16 grants to organizations totaling $460,500 in its tax year ended December 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on August 18, 2026. The largest was $300,000 to Boule Foundation in Atlanta, GA for general & unrestricted.
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- EIN
- 208069108
- Based in
- Wilmington, DE
- Assets
- $7,269,335
- Grants paid
- $460,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed August 18, 2026, IRS object ID 202602309349101155. It reported $460,500 in grants paid; 16 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boule Foundation | Atlanta, GA | General & Unrestricted | Education | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grace Baptist Church | Mt Vernon, NY | General & Unrestricted | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Divine Favor & Fellowship Ministries | Moscow, TN | General & Unrestricted | $26,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | The Peter Salovey and Marta Moret Scholarship Fund at Yale | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | The Ogilvie Robinson deChabert Leadership Forum of the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | Ailey Dancers' Resource Fund | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center Chapel Missionary Baptist Church | Memphis, TN | General & Unrestricted | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| New Rochelle Police Foundation Inc | New Rochelle, NY | General & Unrestricted | Crime and legal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| March of Dimes Inc | Arlington, VA | General & Unrestricted | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $2,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Delta Animal Shelter | Escanaba, MI | General & Unrestricted | Animal-related | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Delta County Cancer Alliance Inc | Escanaba, MI | General & Unrestricted | Health care | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fellas College Scholarship Fund | Brooklyn, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Uniondale, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Naacp Foundation | Baltimore, MD | General & Unrestricted | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 16, 2025, IRS object ID 202522899349100922. It reported $83,200 in grants paid; 11 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | The Peter Salovey Yale Scholarship Fund | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grace Baptist Church | Mt Vernon, NY | General & Unrestricted | $16,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Divine Favor & Fellowship Ministries | Moscow, TN | General & Unrestricted | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Boys and Girls Club of New Rochelle Inc | New Rochelle, NY | General & Unrestricted | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center Chapel Missionary Baptist Church | Memphis, TN | General & Unrestricted | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beta Zeta Boule Foundation | New York, NY | General & Unrestricted | Education | $3,800 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Rochelle Police Foundation Inc | New Rochelle, NY | General & Unrestricted | Crime and legal-related | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | General & Unrestricted | Education | $2,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation | Uniondale, NY | General & Unrestricted | Human services | $1,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Rochelle Basketball Association Inc | New Rochelle, NY | General & Unrestricted | Recreation and sports | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Reach Academy Learning Center | Plano, TX | General & Unrestricted | Education | $1,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $309,300 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000 |
| Youth development | $10,000 |
| Crime and legal-related | $5,000 |
| Human services | $2,500 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $2,000 |
| Animal-related | $1,000 |
| Health care | $1,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Georgia | $300,000 |
| New York | $107,200 |
| Connecticut | $75,000 |
| Tennessee | $52,000 |
| District of Columbia | $3,500 |
| Virginia | $2,000 |
| Michigan | $2,000 |
| Maryland | $1,000 |
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Updated August 18, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.