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Sunrise Charitable Foundation Trust

Name: Sunrise Charitable Foundation Trust grants, 2022–2024
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.

60
grants reported: $6.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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

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Top recipients

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

University of the People3 grants · $1.5M
Smith College3 grants · $1.1M
Brookings Institute3 grants · $700,000
Wamu3 grants · $650,000
Spark the Journey3 grants · $610,000
Smithsonian Institution - Freer Gallery of Art2 grants · $289,400
Pro Publica3 grants · $225,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting3 grants · $225,000
New Futures3 grants · $210,000
Weta3 grants · $205,000

Giving over time

$3.0M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$1.5M

2024

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$800,000
University of the People · Pasadena, CA · 2022
General operations
$500,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2022
General scholarship endowment
$450,000
University of the People · Pasadena, CA · 2023
General operations
$307,500
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2023
General scholarship endowment and start up grants fund, the smith fund
$300,000
Smith College · Northampton, MA · 2024
General scholarship endowment and start up grants fund, the smith fund
$300,000
Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
President's initiative, ai technology initiative, brookings metro
$275,000
Smithsonian Institution - Freer Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2022
Digital initiatives fund, special purpose exhibitions fund, education fund
$250,000
University of the People · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General use
$250,000
Wamu · Washington, DC · 2023
New local show and local dmv reporting
$250,000
Wamu · Washington, DC · 2022
Program development, journalist internship program, education reporting, young at heart podcast
$245,000
Spark the Journey · Washington, DC · 2023
Scholarships & training grants
$200,000
Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
President's initiative, brookings metro
$200,000
Spark the Journey · Washington, DC · 2024
Scholarships & training grants
$200,000
Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
President's initiative, ai technology initiative, brookings metro
$165,000
Spark the Journey · Washington, DC · 2022
Scholarships & training grants
$150,000
Wamu · Washington, DC · 2024
New local show and local dmv reporting
$100,000
New Futures · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$80,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2022
Support of pbs newshour
$75,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2024
General use
$75,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2024
General use
$75,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support of pbs newshour and classical weta
$75,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2023
General use
$75,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$75,000
Pro Publica · New York, NY · 2022
General use
$75,000
Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$60,000
New Futures · Washington, DC · 2024
General use and scholarships
$60,000
Friends Meeting of Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
Mj simpson scholarship fund
$50,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Pete salovery & marta elisa moret scholarship fund and sunrise foundation lecture and fellowship
$50,000
Institute for Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury · Providence, RI · 2023
General operations
$50,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$50,000
New Futures · Washington, DC · 2023
General use
$50,000
Norwood School · Bethesda, MD · 2023
Covid relief and comprehensive campaign
$50,000
Weta · Arlington, VA · 2023
Support of pbs newshour and classical weta
$50,000
National Public Radio Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General use
$50,000
Smile & Olive Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$35,000
Latin American Youth Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Emergency support and academic programs
$25,000
Fair Observer · Mountain View, CA · 2024
General use
$25,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023
Tanglewood annual fund
$25,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Sunrise foundation lecture and fellowship
$25,000
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2022
Tanglewood annual fund
$25,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
David swensen memorial fund
$21,560
McE Social Capital · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General use
$20,000
Fair Observer · Mountain View, CA · 2023
General use
$20,000
Fair Observer · Mountain View, CA · 2022
General use
$20,000
Magnum Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General support and emerging photographers initiative
$15,000
The National Historical Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Educational system - fourscore
$15,000
Magnum Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$15,000
Venture Philanthropy Partners · Washington, DC · 2022
General operations
$14,400
Smithsonian Institution - Freer Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2023
Digital initiatives fund, special purpose exhibitions fund, education fund
$10,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2024
College counseling services
$10,000
Magnum Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
The American Independent · Washington, DC · 2024
The american independent foundation
$10,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2023
College counseling services
$10,000
Jeffrey Crosier University of Massa · Amherst, MA · 2023
Kaufman-baker scholarship
$10,000
Collegiate Directions · Bethesda, MD · 2022
College counseling services
$10,000
Jeffrey Crosier University of Massa · Amherst, MA · 2022
Kaufman-baker scholarship
$9,500
McE Social Capital · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General use
$7,500
Venture Philanthropy Partners Co Youth Invest Partners · Washington, DC · 2023
General operations
$5,000
Jeffrey Crosier University of Massa · Amherst, MA · 2024
Kaufman-baker scholarship
$4,570
Riana Gittens Massachusetts College · North Adams, MA · 2022
Kaufman-baker scholarship

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