Northlight Foundation Inc
New York, NY · EIN 45-0612382. Reported 153 grants totalling $28.6M to 95 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Northlight Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Northlight Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $1,089,166 to them. That is 8% of the $13.5M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tides Foundation | grantmaking organization | California | $816,666 | 3 | 3 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Maine Community Foundation Inc | community foundation | Maine | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| Justice Outside | grantmaking organization | California | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $166,666; the smallest was $200 and the largest $3,850,380.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,345,380 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $4,675,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The New School | New York, NY | $2,251,823 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Conservation Fund | Arlington, VA | $1,550,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $1,342,856 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fidelity Daf | Cincinnati, OH | $1,176,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alaska Wilderness League | Washington, DC | $1,160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $900,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tides Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $816,666 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $716,667 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters | Portland, ME | $666,666 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for American Progress | Washington, DC | $565,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Telluride Foundation | Telluride, CO | $490,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Openminds | Gettysburg, PA | $375,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $315,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Island Institute | Rockland, ME | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Trust for Local News | South Portland, ME | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | Colchester, VT | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Native Movement | Fairbanks, AZ | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maine Community Foundation Inc | Ellsworth, ME | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conservation Lands Foundation | Durango, CO | $152,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amercian Indian Community House | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuild By Design | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northern Alaska Environmental Center | Fairbanks, AK | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waterfront Alliance | New York, NY | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Virginia Organizing | Charlottesville, VA | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blue Chip Player Development | Ann Arbor, MI | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grist Magazine Inc | Seattle, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National September 11 Memorial & Museum | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Renew US Alliance | Rye, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Conservation Alliance | Augusta, ME | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Indian Community House | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Mason University Foundation | Fairfax, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chisholm Legacy Project | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs | Calabasas, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees for Alaska | Anchorage, AK | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trekkers | Rockland, ME | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance for a Greater New York | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elected Officials to Protect America | Rockland, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fund for Public Housing Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gwich'in Steering Committee | Fairbanks, AK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just Transition Alliance | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Multiplier | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Native Land Conservancy | Longmont, CO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Physicians for Social Responsibility | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sierra Health Foundation | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| South Bronx Unite | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St George Cdc Cte Makerspace Fund | St George, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Youth Ministries for Peace & Justice | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $39,750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alaska Conservation Foundation | Anchorage, AK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Story-Based Strategy | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ecoamerica | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Art Fund Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Point Cdc | Bronx, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Biodiversity Funders Group | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fc Harlem | New York, NY | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hovnanian School | New Milford, NJ | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nylcv Education Fund Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outdoor Afro | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Virginia Tech Foundation Inc | Blacksburg, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Per Scholas | Bronx, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Feeding Tampa Bay | Tampa, FL | $6,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catskill Mountainkeeper | Livingston Manor, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Santa Fe | Santa Fe, NM | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smartmeme Inc | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Power Shift Network | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Boston, MA | $3,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth Outside | Oakland, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Avalanche Association | Jackson, WY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Give Kids the World Village | Kissimmee, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Ships | Garden Valley, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lubavitch on the Palisades | Tenafly, NJ | $1,700 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia College Financial Aid Fund | Columbia, MO | $1,200 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Atlanta, GA | $1,055 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| West Hill Pond Association | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Decolonizing Wealth Project | Brooklyn, NY | $744 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atalaya Search and Rescue | Santa Fe, NM | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Tee - Metropolitan Ny | Bronx, NY | $536 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The School Fund | Palo Alto, CA | $440 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Physicians for Human Rights | New York, NY | $412 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Atlanta Solidarity Fund | Atlanta, GA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lideres Campesinas | Oxnard, CA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ride to DC | Washington, DC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Zomia Center | New York, NY | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wise Animal Rescue | Lake Hiawatha, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pcos Challenge Inc | Atlanta, GA | $215 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Camp Kesem | Covina, CA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Covenant House | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
30 of 95 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Amalgamated Foundation
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 104 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $7,879,915 | $166,667 |
| 2022 | 31 | $6,795,352 | $14,350 |
| 2023 | 57 | $6,621,835 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 46 | $7,316,108 | $72,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Northlight Foundation Inc has 6 of them, worth $2,950,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $1,375,000 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $1,225,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $300,000 |
| The Telluride Foundation | Telluride, CO | $30,000 |
| Mountainfilm Ltd | Telluride, CO | $10,000 |
| Mountainfilm Ltd | Telluride, CO | $10,000 |
Where its money goes
34% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Northlight Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 100 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10017. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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