Delaware · Private foundation
The Sky Foundation Inc
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.
- $334k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $9,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $10.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Sky Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 12 | $334k | 58% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $290k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $156k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Activate Global Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Digital Harbor Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spark Climate Solutions | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Exaquest Carbon | $50,000 | 1 | 98% |
| Cascade Climate Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Racial Justice in Education Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 5% |
| New York International Childrens Film Festival Inc | $32,800 | 2 | 2% |
| Waterwell Productions Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Innocence Project Inc | $23,510 | 3 | 0% |
| Ms 297 Parent Teacher Association Inc | $21,160 | 1 | 38% |
Show all 22 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sky Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sky Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sky Foundation Inc give?
- The Sky Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $333,960 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Sky Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (33%), Education (25%), Environment (22%).
- Who are The Sky Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Activate Global Inc ($280k), Digital Harbor Foundation ($150k), Spark Climate Solutions ($100k).
- Does The Sky Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sky 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 Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Sky Foundation Inc based?
- The Sky Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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