Delaware · Private foundation
The Synthesis 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.
- $40k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $46k
- 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 Synthesis Foundation Inc 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $140k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $260k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $255k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $275k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $258k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of The Seven Rays | $560,000 | 7 | 64% |
| Lucis Trust | $500,000 | 5 | 16% |
| Seven Ray Institute Inc | $235,000 | 7 | 34% |
| White Mountain Education Association Inc | $90,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Meditation Groups Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Synthesis Foundation Inc
- How much does The Synthesis Foundation Inc give?
- The Synthesis Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Synthesis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (82%), Social Science (17%), Religion (1%).
- Who are The Synthesis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of The Seven Rays ($560k), Lucis Trust ($500k), Seven Ray Institute Inc ($235k).
- Does The Synthesis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Synthesis 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 Synthesis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Synthesis Foundation Inc based?
- The Synthesis Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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