Our Little Light Foundation Grants

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact

Kathryn W Carlsen

Address

1400 Rocky Ridge Drive 280 Roseville, CA, 95661

Phone

(916) 295-1633

Deadlines

December 31

Application materials

Grant application form (provided by our little light foundation) including the following requested information: 1. Grant amount requested, including the percentage of funds used for direct services and/or program support, 2. Name, address, tax id#, contact information for the organization requesting the grant, 2. How the funds will help the health, well-being or education of children, youth, or families, and how many children/youth and families will be served by the grant.the grant application form should be accompanied by a full grant proposal including the following information: 1. A cover letter describing the organization, the proposed program or project and the amount requested, 2. Background information for the organization, including its history and purpose and the primary population served, 3. A description of the program, including a detailed description of the proposed project or program, its goals and objectives, an explanation of how the funds will be used and an evaluation

Restrictions

Support is provided strictly for registered IRS qualified exempt organizations. Funds are intended to benefit programs that help promote the health, well-being, education of children, youth, families. A minimum of 90% of the funds must be allocated towards direct services with at most 10% used toward administration costs. The beneficiary mission must meet the expectations of the foundations focus to promote the health, well-being, education of children, youth, families. Support is primarily for existing and sustainable programs. New programs and programs that are not yet able to report measurable results May be considered on a case by case basis. Beneficiaries must have a procedure in place to ensure that the clients they serve meet certain criteria. Beneficiaries are required to submit an operating budget along with a proposal indicating how/when funding will be spent in order for funds to be distributed and must agree to submit periodic recaps. Variance from proposed use of funds mus

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Where Our Little Light Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (41 reported in all).

About this data

Figures are aggregated from Our Little Light Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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Free templates for applying to a foundation like this

• Full grant proposal template with an annotated sample
• Letter of intent template and example
• Statement of need template and examples
• Executive summary template and examples
• Grant budget template (XLSX) and budget narrative
• Evaluation plan template and metrics

New to this? Start with how to write a grant proposal, section by section. This profile is built from IRS 990-PF filings — read how the directory was assembled, or see what GrantCue does and what it costs.