Connecticut · Private foundation
The Sky Bight Foundation Inc
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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 74%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 74% of the organizations The Sky Bight Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 20 | $58k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $58k | 74% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $58k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $80k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $83k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $102k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $122k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $103k | 63% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Inc | $261,625 | 9 | 8% |
| Bristol Hospital Development Foundation Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Shepard Meadows Equestrian Center Inc | $29,000 | 8 | 2% |
| American Clock and Watch Museuminc | $25,000 | 5 | 2% |
| New England Carousel Museum Inc | $17,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Bristol Symphony Orchestra D/B/A Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra | $15,620 | 5 | 11% |
| Bristol Adult Resource Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prudence Crandall Center Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of West Central Connecticut Inc | $9,225 | 2 | 1% |
| St Vincent DePaul Mission of Bristol Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($220k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sky Bight Foundation Inc 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: Main Street Community Foundation Inc · Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc · Harry F & Carol H Barnes Family Foundation · American Savings Foundation Inc · Farmington Bank Community Foundation Inc · Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · The Clinton Roberts Foundation Inc · The Ahearn Family Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · United Way of West Central Connecticut Inc · Torrington Savings Foundation · The Stocker Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sky Bight Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sky Bight Foundation Inc give?
- The Sky Bight Foundation Inc reported 26 grants totaling $65,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sky Bight Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Health (25%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are The Sky Bight Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut Inc ($262k), Bristol Hospital Development Foundation Inc ($155k), Shepard Meadows Equestrian Center Inc ($29k).
- Does The Sky Bight Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 74% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sky Bight Foundation Inc 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 Sky Bight Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Main Street Community Foundation Inc, Thomaston Savings Bank Foundation Inc, Harry F & Carol H Barnes Family Foundation.
- Where is The Sky Bight Foundation Inc based?
- The Sky Bight Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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