Funding search · EIN 516508163 · Wilmington, DE

Northern Lights Foundation 009502-005

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

77
grants reported
$306,500
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Skowhegan School of Painting2 grants · $50,000
  • Point Community Development Corporation2 grants · $20,000
  • Mount Desert Island Hospital2 grants · $15,000
  • Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service2 grants · $12,000
  • Healthy Acadia2 grants · $10,000
  • Spca of Hancock County2 grants · $10,000
  • United World College-USA1 grant · $10,000
  • Ancop Foundation USA2 grants · $10,000
  • Safe Harbor Alano Club1 grant · $10,000
  • Armand Hammer United World1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$49,000
2022
$57,000
2023
$78,000
2024
$122,500
2025

Grant history

All 77 reported grants, largest first.

  • $25,000

    Skowhegan School of Painting · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $25,000

    Skowhegan School of Painting · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $10,000

    Armand Hammer United World · Montezuma, NM · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Safe Harbor Alano Club · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service · Salisbury, CT · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    Tessa Lee Libby Treatment Center · Washington, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $10,000

    United World College-USA · Montezuma, NM · 2024

    General

  • $10,000

    Grant Foundation · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Point Community Development Corporation · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $10,000

    Grant Foundation Hopital Albert · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $10,000

    Point Community Development Corporation · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Johns Island Community Service · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Johns Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Spca of Hancock County · Trenton, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Focused Ultrasound Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

    General

  • $5,000

    Healthy Acadia · Ellsworth, ME · 2024

    General

  • $5,000

    Mount Desert Island Hospital · Bar Harbor, ME · 2024

    General

  • $5,000

    Spca of Hancock County · Trenton, ME · 2024

    General

  • $5,000

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Ancop Foundation USA · Las Vegas, NV · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Atelier De La Nature · Arnaudville, LA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $5,000

    Ancop Foundation USA · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    General purposes

  • $5,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General purposes

  • $4,500

    Flying Deer Nature Center · East Chatham, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Fishers Island Fire Department · Fishers Island, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Mount Desert Land and Garden · Seal Harbor, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $3,000

    Mount Desert Land and Garden · Seal Harbor, ME · 2024

    General purpose

  • $3,000

    Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,500

    Chamber Music Society of Lincoln · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Focused Ultrasound Foundation · Charlottesville, VA · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Housatonic Child Care Center · Salisbury, CT · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    McKee Botanical Garden · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Thirty Six East Sixty Second Street · New York, NY · 2025

    General support

  • $2,500

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,500

    Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation · Wallingford, CT · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,500

    Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Johns Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Salisbury Volunteer Ambulance Service · Salisbury, CT · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Thirty Six East Sixty Second Street · New York, NY · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    United Way of Indian River County · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $2,000

    Acadia Family Center · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2023

    General purpose

  • $2,000

    Acadia Family Center · Southwest Harbor, ME · 2022

    General purposes

  • $2,000

    Boys Club of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,500

    Float Hope of Indian River County · Indian River Shores, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    New Port Club of Vero Beach · Vero Beach, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $1,500

    Bronxartspace · Bronx, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,500

    Grace Farms Foundation · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,500

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,500

    Bronxartspace · Bronx, NY · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,500

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Fishers Island Community Center · Fishers Island, NY · 2024

    General

  • $1,000

    Float Hope of Indian River County · Indian River Shores, FL · 2024

    General

  • $1,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2024

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    New Port Club of Vero Beach · Vero Beach, FL · 2024

    General

  • $1,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Boys Club of New York · New York, NY · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Groton School · Groton, MA · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Mount Desert Land and Garden · Seal Harbor, ME · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Ncrink · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Beautification League · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    New Canaan Library · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Town Players of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Waveny Park Conservancy · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $1,000

    Groton School · Groton, MA · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Maine Coast Heritage Trust · Topsham, ME · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Mount Desert Land and Garden Preserve · Seal Harbor, ME · 2022

    General purposes

  • $1,000

    Town Players of New Canaan · New Canaan, CT · 2022

    General purposes

  • $500

    New Canaan Nature Center · New Canaan, CT · 2023

    General purpose

  • $500

    Music Theatre of Connecticut · Norwalk, CT · 2022

    General purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.