Points Of Light Foundation
EIN 65-0206641 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 50 grants · $5.0m
Who it funds most
6 of its 389 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Points Of Light Foundation's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202542259349302479
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $20.1m | — | $29.1m |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $22.4m | — | $27.9m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202631779349301273 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202542259349302479 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202442279349302569 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202342069349300524 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202232249349301973 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202141329349303404 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Points Of Light Foundation made 415 grants across 2019–2024, totalling $39.1m as filed.
- Grants
- 415
- Total, as filed
- $39.1m
- Years
- 2019–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | 1 | $500.0k |
| TOWN OF NORTH WILKESBORO | 1 | $325.0k |
| VETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT | 1 | $305.0k |
| FAIRFIELD POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE | 1 | $300.0k |
| HORTONS KIDS | 1 | $300.0k |
| PARITY BALTIMORE INCORPORATED | 1 | $300.0k |
| ROCKINGHAM COUNTY SCHOOLS (REIDSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL) - 1533 | 1 | $300.0k |
| HUNTINGTON CHILDRENS MUSEUM | 1 | $288.0k |
| CITY OF BILLINGS MONTANA (CITY OF BILLINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT) | 1 | $280.0k |
| LOWERNINEORG | 1 | $275.0k |
| CHARLOTTE URBAN DESIGN CENTER (CITY OF CHARLOTTE) | 1 | $260.0k |
| AGUA FRIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT #216 | 1 | $250.0k |
| AUNTIE NAS VILLAGE | 1 | $250.0k |
| NEW LIFE CENTER | 1 | $250.0k |
| THE COMMUNITY BUILDERS INC | 1 | $250.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 | $212.9k |
| 2020 | 5 | $105.0k |
| 2021 | 99 | $9.2m |
| 2022 | 100 | $10.0m |
| 2023 | 98 | $9.7m |
| 2024 | 102 | $9.8m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-650206641. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified