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 2022–2025. 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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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.
- 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
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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