New York · Private foundation
The Sweetgrass Foundation
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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 56% of the organizations The Sweetgrass Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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 | 8 | $51k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $51k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $61k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $42k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $52k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $35k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $50k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $76k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Arts in Upstate New York In | $66,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Frederic Remington Art Museum | $63,862 | 5 | 6% |
| North Country Children's Museum | $42,500 | 4 | 12% |
| St Lawrence County Historical Association Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 5% |
| St Lawrence Health Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ogdensburg Command Performance Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Thousand Islands Land Trust Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Morristown Gateway Museum | $11,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Ogdensburg History Museum | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canton College Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Arts in Upstate New York In | $66,500 | 9 | 2% |
| Frederic Remington Art Museum | $63,862 | 5 | 6% |
| North Country Children's Museum | $42,500 | 4 | 12% |
| St Lawrence County Historical Association Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 5% |
| St Lawrence Health Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ogdensburg Command Performance Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Thousand Islands Land Trust Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Morristown Gateway Museum | $11,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Ogdensburg History Museum | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Canton College Foundation Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clark House Preservation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 26% |
| St Lawrence Valley Educational Television Council Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gardenshare Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Potsdam College Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Helpers Inc | $3,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Higley Flow State Park Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edwards Arts Council Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Dekalb Historical Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heuvelton Historical Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($157k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sweetgrass Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Sweetgrass Foundation
- How much does The Sweetgrass Foundation give?
- The Sweetgrass Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $50,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sweetgrass Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (76%), Environment (9%), Education (5%).
- Who are The Sweetgrass Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Traditional Arts in Upstate New York In ($67k), Frederic Remington Art Museum ($64k), North Country Children's Museum ($43k).
- Does The Sweetgrass Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sweetgrass 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 Sweetgrass Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Northern New York Community Foundation Inc, Corning Incorporated Foundation, JM McDonald Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Sweetgrass Foundation based?
- The Sweetgrass Foundation is based in NY.
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