Tennessee · Private foundation
Sunlight 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.
- $414k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 25
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations Sunlight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 21 | $334k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $289k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $445k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $359k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $307k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | $626,025 | 5 | 0% |
| Mexican Indian Training Center Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Timber Ridge Environmental Center | $96,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tree Foundation Inc | $94,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Woodmont Baptist Church | $68,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $61,000 | 5 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University Foundation | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Life | $31,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mesa Global | $28,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | $626,025 | 5 | 0% |
| Mexican Indian Training Center Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Timber Ridge Environmental Center | $96,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Tree Foundation Inc | $94,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Woodmont Baptist Church | $68,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | $61,000 | 5 | n/a |
| East Tennessee State University Foundation | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Young Life | $31,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Mesa Global | $28,000 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| S4ca Inc | $24,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Vanderbilt University | $23,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Student Mobilization Inc | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pca Reformed University Ministries | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mission Safety International Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Coalition for Christian Outreach | $7,350 | 1 | 0% |
| Launch Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mercy Multiplied America Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($455k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sunlight 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sunlight Foundation
- How much does Sunlight Foundation give?
- Sunlight Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $413,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 25 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sunlight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Religion (16%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Sunlight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Baylor University ($626k), Mexican Indian Training Center Inc ($100k), Timber Ridge Environmental Center ($96k).
- Does Sunlight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sunlight 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 Sunlight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sunlight Foundation based?
- Sunlight Foundation is based in TN.
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