Delaware · Private foundation
The Daylight 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.
- $115k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Daylight 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; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $40k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $1.2M | 87% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $112k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano | $165,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Health Wagon Inc | $90,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Redwood Empire Food Bank | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Contra Costa Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Canine Companions for Independence Inc | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Institute for Nonprofit News | $65,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Fire Foundation | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Second Harvest of Silicon Valley | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Food Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Daylight 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: Marin Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · East Bay Community Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Verizon Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
About The Daylight Foundation
- How much does The Daylight Foundation give?
- The Daylight Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $115,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Daylight Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (33%), Animals (16%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Daylight Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano ($165k), St Marys Health Wagon Inc ($90k), Redwood Empire Food Bank ($85k).
- Does The Daylight Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Daylight 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 The Daylight Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, East Bay Community Foundation.
- Where is The Daylight Foundation based?
- The Daylight Foundation is based in DE.
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