Funding search · EIN 146205088 · Saratoga Springs, NY

Nordlys Foundation

Name: Nordlys Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

78
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

American Swedish Institute4 grants · $450,000
Adirondack Land Trust1 grant · $400,000
North House Folk School3 grants · $350,000
Adirondack Council2 grants · $350,000
South Colonie Csd4 grants · $281,547
Pitney Meadows Community4 grants · $255,000
Camp Stomping Ground2 grants · $150,000
Saratoga Plan4 grants · $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation1 grant · $100,000
Saratoga Performing Arts Center1 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$277,380

2022

$237,000

2023

$2.0M

2024

$739,547

2025

Grant history

All 78 reported grants, largest first.

$400,000
Adirondack Land Trust · Keene, NY · 2024
Program support
$375,000
American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Kaffestugan project
$300,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Program support
$250,000
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2025
Program support
$140,000
Camp Stomping Ground · Middle Grove, NY · 2024
Program support
$125,000
Pitney Meadows Community · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$123,000
South Colonie Csd · Albany, NY · 2024
Program support
$100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Program support
$100,000
Adirondack Council · Elizabethtown, NY · 2024
Program support
$100,000
Saratoga Performing Arts Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$80,000
Pitney Meadows Community · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$75,000
South Colonie Csd · Albany, NY · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Great Camp Sagamore · Raquette Lake, NY · 2024
Program support
$50,000
Saratoga Arts Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$45,000
Agricultural Stewardship Assn · Greenwich, NY · 2024
Program support
$45,000
Saratoga Plan · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$44,547
South Colonie Csd · Albany, NY · 2025
Program support
$40,000
American Farmland Trust · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$39,000
South Colonie Csd · Albany, NY · 2023
Program support
$35,000
Saratoga Plan · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$35,000
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac · Raquette Lake, NY · 2023
Program support
$25,000
American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Kaffestugan project
$25,000
Saratoga Senior Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$25,000
The National Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2025
Program support
$25,000
Opera Saratoga · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
Saratoga Senior Center · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$25,000
American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Kaffestugan project
$25,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Pitney Meadows Community · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$25,000
American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Kaffestugan project
$25,000
Caffe Lena · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$25,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Pitney Meadows Community · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$20,000
Agricultural Stewardship Assn · Greenwich, NY · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Caffe Lena · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Saratoga Institute · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$20,000
Adirondack Nature Conservancy · Keene Valley, NY · 2023
Program support
$15,000
American Farmland Trust · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac · Raquette Lake, NY · 2025
Program support
$15,000
Left Bank · North Bennington, VT · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac · Raquette Lake, NY · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Spring Street Gallery · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$15,000
Saratoga Institute · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Adirondack Center for Loon Conserva · Saranac Lake, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Camp Stomping Ground · Middle Grove, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Saratoga Springs Preservation · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
St Williams On Long Point · Raquette Lake, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
The Mooncatcher Project · Schenectady, NY · 2025
Program support
$10,000
Adirondack Center for Loon Conserva · Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Caffe Lena · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Hudson Sloop Club · Beacon, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Sobro Conservancy of Saratoga · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024
Program support
$10,000
Agricultural Stewardship Assn · Greenwich, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
American Farmland Trust · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Caffe Lena · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Saratoga Plan · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Spring Street Gallery · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
The National Heritage Trust · Albany, NY · 2023
Program support
$10,000
Agricultural Stewardship Assn · Greenwich, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
American Farmland Trust · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Hudson Crossing Park · Schuylerville, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Land Trust Alliance · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac · Raquette Lake, NY · 2022
Program support
$10,000
Saratoga Plan · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$6,250
Saratoga County History Center · Ballston Spa, NY · 2022
Program support
$6,000
On Deck Saratoga · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Berkshire Pulse · Housatonic, MA · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Chebeaque and Cumberland Land Trust · Cumberland, ME · 2025
Program support
$5,000
Nature Museum of Grafton Vermont · Grafton, VT · 2025
Program support
$5,000
All Peoples Church Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Program support
$5,000
The Mooncatcher Project · Schenectady, NY · 2024
Program support
$5,000
Gammelgarden Museum · Scandia, MN · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Gammelgarden Museum · Scandia, MN · 2022
Program support
$5,000
Spring Street Gallery · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
Program support
$3,130
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School · Ghent, NY · 2022
Program support
$3,000
The Mooncatcher Project · Schenectady, NY · 2023
Program support
$2,000
The Mooncatcher Project · Schenectady, NY · 2022
Program support
$1,500
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School · Ghent, NY · 2024
Program support

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