New York · Private foundation
Silver Sun Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $58k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 73%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 73% of the organizations Silver Sun Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $58k | 70% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $89k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $91k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $49k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $75k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $59k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $104k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | $214,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jacob Burns Film Center Inc | $60,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $10,554 | 3 | 0% |
| Woodstock Day School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Theatre Club Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Third World Organizing | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| For the Many Education Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham University | $214,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Jacob Burns Film Center Inc | $60,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 5% |
| University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Opencollective Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roundabout Theatre Company Inc | $10,554 | 3 | 0% |
| Woodstock Day School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Manhattan Theatre Club Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Third World Organizing | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| For the Many Education Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stuttering Association for the Young Inc | $3,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Billion Oyster Project Inc | $3,030 | 2 | 0% |
| Harlem School of the Arts Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Teatown Lake Reservation Inc | $800 | 1 | n/a |
| Upstate Films Ltd | $708 | 1 | 0% |
| The Academy for Teachers Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Film at Lincoln Center Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Queerly | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Chappaqua Summer Scholarship Program | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding Westchester Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| White Feather Farm Inc | $340 | 1 | 0% |
| Woodstock Film Festival Inc | $175 | 1 | 0% |
| Axial Theatre Inc | $115 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Silver Sun 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Kvistad Foundation · The Thompson Family Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Silver Sun Foundation
- How much does Silver Sun Foundation give?
- Silver Sun Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $57,858 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Silver Sun Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Arts & Culture (21%), Environment (7%).
- Who are Silver Sun Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fordham University ($214k), Jacob Burns Film Center Inc ($61k), Woodstock Land Conservancy Inc ($37k).
- Does Silver Sun Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 73% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Silver Sun 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 Silver Sun Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Kvistad Foundation, The Thompson Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Silver Sun Foundation based?
- Silver Sun Foundation is based in NY.
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