Maryland · Nonprofit
SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC
SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,103 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $29k
- Net assets
- $730k
What Sunshine Projects Foundation Inc does
Mission
Sunshine projects inspires young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to become more creative, confident, and independent through a range of educational and creative programs and activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In-person skill builders program this program delivers hands-on skill-building activities to help adults with disabilities improve daily living, vocational, and social skills. Participants receive individualized instruction that fosters greater independence and confidence. Over the past year, the program successfully supported adults, enhancing their abilities and overall quality of life. Online enrichment classes our online classes provide adults with disabilities access to educational and recreational activities covering topics like arts, technology, and wellness. These virtual sessions promote skill development, social connection, and mental well-being. During the year participants regularly engaged in these classes with positive outcomes. Community integration and support services this program facilitates community involvement by coordinating social outings, volunteer opportunities, and advocacy services. It helps adults with disabilities connect with local resources and participate more fully in community life. Throughout the year individuals were supported, leading to increased social inclusion and engagement.
$1,012,330 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,012,330.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $347k to $822k (+137%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
4% of SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Rachel Pisani
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
92% of SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC?
- SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,103 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($11,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $29,103 in grants to SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $11,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUNSHINE PROJECTS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing