· Private foundation
Nordlys 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k15 grants · $295k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $180k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ADIRONDACK COUNCIL | $250,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $80,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $44,547 |
| SARATOGA PLAN | $35,000 |
| AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE | $25,000 |
| THE NATIONAL HERITAGE TRUST | $25,000 |
| SARATOGA SENIOR CENTER | $25,000 |
| CAFFE LENA | $20,000 |
| SARATOGA INSTITUTE | $20,000 |
| AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN | $20,000 |
| SAGAMORE INSTITUTE OF THE ADIRONDAC | $15,000 |
| AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST | $15,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVA | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 84% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE9× · 2017–2025 · $555k · revenue +74%
- NHNORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL5× · 2018–2024 · $380k · revenue +57%
- SPSARATOGA PLAN INC9× · 2017–2025 · $150k · revenue +68%
Funded once
- ALADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INCone grant, 2024 · $400k · revenue -51%
- SPSARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INCone grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $50k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…
The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.
Protect is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the adirondack park and the new york state forest preserve for current and…
The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development, Inc. (the Catskill Center) is a not-for-profit organization under the non-profit laws of the State of New York. The mission of the Catskill Center is to preserve and enrich the…
Support regional economic development in new york's 14 northernmost counties
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
The saratoga springs preservation foundation promotes the preservation and enhancement of the architectural, cultural, and landscaped heritage of saratoga springs through educational programs, advocacy, technical assistance and restoration.
Scenic Hudson was founded in 1963 when six community members came together to stop a massive power plant from defacing the iconic Storm King Mountain. (Please see Schedule O explaination for further context of Organization's mission…
Dedicated to permanently preserve the natural, scenic and recreational resources of the Lake George Basin.
Sustainable hudson valley's mission is to speed up, scale up, jazz up, and leverage progress against climate change, creating communities where people and nature thrive.
Acquire land and easements to preserve and enhance the open lands, forests, water resources, scenic areas and historical sights of the Woodstock, NY area. Steward protected lands and offer educational programs and events regarding nature…
Conserve, enhance, and celebrate our distinctive catskill sanctuary through sustainable horticulture, responsible land stewardship, and innovative educational programming
How this is measured
38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds NORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds STOMPING GROUND CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA PLAN INC ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AGRICULTURAL STEWARDSHIP ASSN INC ↗
- Who funds SARATOGA INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds THE COMMUNITY HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CAFFE LENA INC ↗
- Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds LAKE GEORGE OPERA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATURAL HERITAGE TRUST ↗
- Who funds THE MOONCATCHER PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH INC ↗
- Who funds HUDSON CROSSING PARK INC ↗
- Who funds CRESCENT COVE ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds FRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & RAPE CRISIS SERVICES OF SARATOGA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds HUDSON SLOOP CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS CENTER AND THEATRE OF SCHENECTADY INC ↗
- Who funds St Williams on Long Point Inc ↗
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: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · The Adirondack Trust Company Community Fund · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · Jane N Mooty Foundation · JM McDonald Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Swyer Family Foundation Inc · Keeler Motor Car Company Charitable Foundation · Alfred Z Solomon Testamentary Trust · The Mitzen Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Nordlys Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nordlys Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Berkshire Pulse Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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