Life Light Educational Foundation seeks to provide education-focused support to needy and disabled (particularly sight-impaired) students, offering scholarships, grants, vocational and theological training, and partnering with churches and organizations to advance gospel-centered care and professional development for blind people.
Life Light Educational Foundation’s most distinctive pattern is repeated scholarship support for blind and sight-impaired students pursuing vocational, higher education, and theological study. The foundation combines direct tuition-style aid with support for organizations that follow up with students, churches, and blind fellowship groups, tying financial assistance to hands-on community care. Recent grants show that approach in practice: Southwestern Baptist Seminary received $63,585 in 2023, and Braille Institute received $20,000 in 2025. The grant list also includes recurring awards to Lutheran Braille Worker and Zhi Wang across multiple years, suggesting a sustained relationship rather than one-off giving. Its programs also extend beyond academic tuition. The foundation backs students in technical and professional tracks such as Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, and piano tuning, while also supporting theological education for Christians preparing for ministry. Grant descriptions repeatedly connect that aid to educational goals for blind students, handicapped students, and poor students. The result is a profile shaped by scholarships, disability-related education support, and faith-based training, with grantmaking that moves between individuals, schools, and organizations serving the blind.
Scholarship support is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. Southwestern Baptist Seminary received $63,585 in 2023 for scholarship support, showing that theological education can be a major line of giving. Braille Institute also received $20,000 in 2025, linking the foundation’s support to blind and sight-impaired learners. The foundation also funds vocational education. Zhi Wang received $17,400 in 2025 for scholarship support, and the program descriptions show that similar awards often go to students training in Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, or piano tuning. Another recurring area is institutional and church support. Lutheran Braille Worker received $20,000 in both 2024 and 2025, aligning with the foundation’s practice of backing organizations that serve blind students and help with follow-up. These grants connect education aid with practical community support rather than tuition alone.
$80K
$1.6M
$328K
$236K
Most grants fall between $8K and $16K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$16K
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Life Light Educational Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 15 | $244K | 88.2% |
| 2 | China |
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Typical grants cluster in a modest mid-four-figure to low-five-figure range, with p25 at $8,300, a median of $10,000, and p75 at $16,358. The grant list includes repeated awards to the same recipients across 2023 through 2025, including three-year support for Zhi Wang and multi-year support for Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Braille Institute, and Lutheran Braille Worker. That pattern points to ongoing, relationship-based funding rather than isolated awards. The foundation is a public charity and also makes program-related investments. Its active programs explicitly mark several categories as not accepting unsolicited requests.
Grantmaking is concentrated in the United States, which accounts for 15 of 17 recent grants. California is the top state by grant count, and 70% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Recent California recipients include Braille Institute in Los Angeles, Lutheran Braille Worker in Yucaipa, and Zhi Wang in San Gabriel. Outside the U.S., the grant list also reaches China, including a 2024 award to Luo Xi in Changsha City. The geographic pattern matches the foundation’s regional scope and its mix of U.S.- and China-linked educational support.
It supports blind and sight-impaired students, including those in vocational high school, technical college, university, and some graduate programs. The active programs also cover Christians studying theology or attending seminary, as well as students described as handicapped or poor in organizational support grants.
The foundation funds scholarships for vocational and higher education, theological and seminary study, and educational access for blind students. Program descriptions also mention Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, piano tuning, music, broadcasting, and short-term mission-related study.
Several active programs are marked as not accepting unsolicited requests, including scholarships for blind students, seminary and theological study scholarships, and support to churches and blind fellowship groups.
No. Recent grants went mostly to U.S. recipients, but the grant data also includes a recipient in China. The active program list shows geographic coverage in the United States, China, and Taiwan for some scholarship and institutional support programs.
Typical grants are centered around $10,000, with a p25 of $8,300 and a p75 of $16,358. The recent grants list also shows larger awards such as $63,585 and several awards at $20,000.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 2 |
| $12K |
11.8% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKER | YUCAIPA, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BRAILLE INSTITUTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ZHI WANG | SAN GABRIEL, CA | $17,400 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY | FORT WORTH, TX | $11,125 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SHIAU LIN LEE | San Gabriel, HU | $6,000 | 2025 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LYNN WU | Trabuco Canyon, CA | $5,000 | 2025 | NA |
| LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKER | YUCAIPA, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ZHI WANG | SAN GABRIEL, CA | $16,800 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY | FORT WORTH, TX | $11,810 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BRAILLE INSTITUTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LUO XI | CHANGSHA CITY, HU | $5,788 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY | FORT WORTH, TX | $63,585 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| ZHI WANG | SAN GABRIEL, CA | $15,915 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| BRAILLE INSTITUTE | LOS ANGELES, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| LUTHERAN BRAILLE WORKER | YUCAIPA, CA | $10,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| HUI FAN LU | LAS VEGAS, NV | $6,600 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
| SHIAU LIN LEE | SAN GABRIEL, CA | $6,000 | 2023 | SCHOLARSHIP |
ZHI WANG
$17,400SCHOLARSHIP
SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY
$11,125SCHOLARSHIP
SHIAU LIN LEE
$6,000SCHOLARSHIP
LYNN WU
$5,000NA
ZHI WANG
$16,800SCHOLARSHIP
SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY
$11,810SCHOLARSHIP
LUO XI
$5,788SCHOLARSHIP
SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST SEMINARY
$63,585SCHOLARSHIP
ZHI WANG
$15,915SCHOLARSHIP
HUI FAN LU
$6,600SCHOLARSHIP
SHIAU LIN LEE
$6,000SCHOLARSHIP