Funding search · EIN 621809916 · Nashville, TN

Sunlight Foundation

Name: Sunlight Foundation 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.

71
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $8,400
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

staff scholarship budget development

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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.

3 grants matching “cotton” · $86,000

$31,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2024
General Operations
$25,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General Operations
$30,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General Operations

Top recipients

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

Baylor University3 grants · $381,000
Schwab Charitable Fund2 grants · $280,000
Cotton Tree Foundation3 grants · $86,000
Mexican Indian Training Center3 grants · $60,000
Vanderbilt Medical Center Dev1 grant · $50,000
Timber Ridge Environmental Center1 grant · $48,000
Woodmont Baptist Church3 grants · $42,000
2100 Foundation1 grant · $36,000
Youth Serving Christ3 grants · $35,000
Moody Aviation3 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$445,000

2022

$489,200

2023

$413,900

2024

Grant history

All 71 reported grants, largest first.

$200,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2023
Charitable Fund
$150,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2024
Scholarship fund
$121,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2023
Scholarship fund
$110,000
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2022
Scholarship
$80,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · Omaha, NE · 2024
Charitable Fund
$50,000
Vanderbilt Medical Center Dev · Nashville, TN · 2022
Development
$48,000
Timber Ridge Environmental Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Operations
$36,000
2100 Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022
Project Support
$31,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2024
General Operations
$30,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
Cotton Tree Foundation · Brentwood, TN · 2023
General Operations
$22,000
Woodmont Baptist Church · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Budget
$20,000
Mexican Indian Training Center · Shreveport, LA · 2024
Operations
$20,000
United Methodist World Misssion · New York, NY · 2024
Staff Support
$20,000
Mexican Indian Training Center · Shreveport, LA · 2023
Operations
$20,000
Mexican Indian Training Center · Shreveport, LA · 2022
Operations
$15,000
Youth Serving Christ · Anderson, IN · 2024
General Operations
$15,000
Woodmont Baptist Church · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Budget
$11,600
Mission Aviation Fellowship · Nampa, ID · 2022
Staff Support
$10,500
Missionay Ventures · Maitland, FL · 2022
Project Support
$10,000
Moody Aviation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Project Support
$10,000
Etsu Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2023
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Moody Aviation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Youth Serving Christ · Anderson, IN · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
Etsu Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2022
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Moody Aviation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scholarship fund
$10,000
Youth Serving Christ · Anderson, IN · 2022
General Operations
$9,600
Al Hayat · Chesapeake, VA · 2024
Staff Support
$9,600
Al Hayat · Chesapeake, VA · 2023
Staff Support
$9,000
Student Mobilization · Conway, TX · 2022
Staff Support
$8,400
Coalition for Outreach · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Staff Support
$8,400
Missionary Flights International · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024
Staff Support
$8,400
Team USA · Wheaton, IL · 2024
Staff Support
$8,400
Coalition for Outreach · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Staff Support
$8,400
Mission Aviation Fellowship · Nampa, ID · 2023
Staff Support
$8,400
Missionary Flights International · Fort Pierce, FL · 2023
Staff Support
$8,400
Team USA · Wheaton, IL · 2023
Staff Support
$8,400
Coalition for Outreach · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Staff Support
$8,400
Missionary Flights International · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022
Staff Support
$8,400
Team USA · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Staff Support
$7,200
Al Hayat · Chesapeake, VA · 2022
Staff Support
$6,000
S4ca · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Operations
$6,000
Young Life · Prescott, AZ · 2024
Staff Support
$6,000
S4ca · Nashville, TN · 2023
General Operations
$6,000
United World Mission · Charotte, NC · 2023
Staff Support
$6,000
Young Life · Prescott, AZ · 2023
Staff Support
$6,000
Reformed University Fellowship · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Staff Support
$6,000
S4ca · Nashville, TN · 2022
General Operations
$6,000
United World Mission · Charotte, NC · 2022
Staff Support
$6,000
Young Life · Prescott, AZ · 2022
Staff Support
$5,600
Mission Aviation Fellowship · Nampa, ID · 2024
Staff Support
$5,000
Etsu Foundation · Johnson City, TN · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Univ of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Woodmont Baptist Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
General Budget
$5,000
Univ of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2023
Scholarship fund
$5,000
Univ of Wisconsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2022
Scholarship fund
$4,500
Student Mobilization · Conway, TX · 2023
Staff Support
$4,000
United World Mission · Charotte, NC · 2024
Staff Support
$3,000
Mission Safety International · Elizabethton, TN · 2024
General Operations
$3,000
Mission Safety International · Elizabethton, TN · 2023
General Operations
$3,000
Mission Safety International · Elizabethton, TN · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Asoprs Foundation · Longwood Fl, FL · 2024
Project Support
$2,500
Reformed University Fellowship · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Staff Support
$2,000
Metro Public Schools · Nashville, TN · 2022
Project Support
$1,000
Mt Air Com Fund · Burnsville, NC · 2024
Project Support
$1,000
Metro Public Schools · Nashville, TN · 2023
Project Support
$1,000
First Baptist Fairview · Fairview, TN · 2022
General Budget
$500
Inland Valley Fca · La Quinta, CA · 2023
Staff Support
$500
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2023
Operations
$500
World Vision · Federal Way, WA · 2022
Operations

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