Shine Your Light
Shine Your Light is a private foundation focused on religion, based in Cleveland, TN. IRS filing data is available from 2024 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $105K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 8 grants totaling $45K. Net investment income was $9K.
Shine Your Light at a glance
In short: Shine Your Light gave $45K across 8 grants in 2025 (avg $6K), mostly in Tennessee. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $45,165
- +342.8% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 8
- +33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $5,646
- +232.1% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $6,000
- Total assets
- $105,331
- +17.2% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Tennessee (81% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Shine Your Light funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 8 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Eagles of Peace ($12K). Together the top 8 received $45K.
Grant Size Distribution
14 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 14 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 8 itemized grants.
Cities
How Shine Your Light gives
- In 2025 it paid out 901% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2024 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2024) to $45K (2025). In 2025 it made 8 grants totaling $45K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eagles of Peace Chattanooga, TN | Operating Funds | $12,000 |
| Dao Ministries Sale Creek, TN | Operating Funds | $6,000 |
| Encouragement Inc Colorado Springs, CO | Operating Funds | $6,000 |
| Isaiah 117 House Elizabethton, TN | Operating Funds | $6,000 |
| Project 61-3 Ministries Hixson, TN | Operating Funds | $6,000 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes Hixson, TN | Operating Funds | $5,016 |
| Kusel Mission Ministry Lynchburg, VA | Operating Funds | $2,649 |
| Sam Amarlapudi Hixson, TN | Operating Funds | $1,500 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $105,331 | $70,444 | $55,005 | $45,165 | 8 | $45,165 | $9,354 | $5,012 |
| 2024 | $89,892 | $100,605 | $10,726 | $10,200 | 6 | $10,200 | $2 | $3,778 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Shine Your Light reported a distributable amount of $5K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Shine Your Light's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Stuart Belva
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry Knecht
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2024–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Shine Your Light
How much does Shine Your Light give each year?
Shine Your Light gave $45K across 8 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. In 2024 it gave $10K across 6 grants.
What is Shine Your Light's typical grant size?
Shine Your Light's median grant in 2025 was $6,000, and its average grant was $5,646, across 8 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Where does Shine Your Light give grants?
Shine Your Light gives mostly in Tennessee: 81% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF went to recipients there. The next largest states were Colorado (13%) and Virginia (6%). The most frequent recipient cities were Hixson, TN (3 grants).
Does Shine Your Light give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of Shine Your Light's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (8 of 8) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF.
Who are Shine Your Light's largest grantees?
Shine Your Light's largest 2025 grantees include Eagles of Peace ($12,000), Dao Ministries ($6,000) and Encouragement Inc ($6,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Together they received 53% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Shine Your Light?
Shine Your Light reported $105K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $45K in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $5K (roughly 5% of its investment assets).
What is Shine Your Light?
Shine Your Light is a private foundation focused on religion, based in Cleveland, TN. It holds $105K in total assets as of 2025.
What is Shine Your Light's EIN?
Shine Your Light's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 99-2952595. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2024–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(2)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 29, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal year 2024
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Cite this profile
Grantable. (2026). Shine Your Light funder profile. GrantGraph. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://grantable.co/funders/shine-your-light-morg_cd391855cd9b491187ac10d7682063dc
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