Connecticut · Private foundation
Daystar Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $115k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Daystar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $115k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $33k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $27k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $78k | 70% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $47k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $72k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rvnahealth Inc | $116,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Keeler Tavern | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Generous Life Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ann Children's Fund Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make a Miracle Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rvnahealth Inc | $116,900 | 6 | 0% |
| Keeler Tavern | $75,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Generous Life Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ann Children's Fund Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Saint Joseph Parenting Center Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make a Miracle Corp | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Danbury Hospital & New Milford Hospital Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Ridgefield Playhouse for Movies and the Performing Arts Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ridgefield Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Charley's Fund Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Association of Religious Communities Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Transformation Life Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Adventures in Missions Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Liquid Church | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Chick Mission Inc | $540 | 1 | 0% |
| Handfuls of Hope Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope for Youth Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Black Rock Congregational Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Daystar Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Patrick Foundation · Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Taylor-Zemo Foundation Inc · Ridgefield Thrift Shop Inc · The Goldstone Family Foundation · Diageo North America Foundation Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Synchrony Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jewish Communal Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About Daystar Foundation
- How much does Daystar Foundation give?
- Daystar Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $114,635 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Daystar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Arts & Culture (19%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Daystar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rvnahealth Inc ($117k), Keeler Tavern ($75k), Bridgeport Rescue Mission Inc ($50k).
- Does Daystar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Daystar Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Daystar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patrick Foundation, Union Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Daystar Foundation based?
- Daystar Foundation is based in CT.
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