Funding search · EIN 823356542 · Wilmington, DE

Silver Lining Private Foundation

Name: Silver Lining Private Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

99
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

compassion based center contemplative ethics science culture

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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.

Emory University6 grants · $420,000
Riverkeeper5 grants · $182,000
United States Association for Unhcr5 grants · $120,000
Natural Resources Defense Council5 grants · $105,000
American Indian College Fund5 grants · $105,000
Native American Rights Fund5 grants · $100,000
Nature Conservancy5 grants · $81,000
Hartley House5 grants · $60,000
World Wildlife Fund4 grants · $51,500
A Jewish Voice for Peace5 grants · $48,000

Giving over time

$235,000

2021

$317,000

2022

$264,500

2023

$265,000

2024

$455,500

2025

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$80,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based ethics fund
$80,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$80,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$60,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Culture of Compassion Fund
$60,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics PROGRAM
$60,000
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$55,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$42,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$40,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$30,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
A Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Riverkeeper · Ossining, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Native American Heritage Association · Front Royal, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Rivertowns Arts Council · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
A Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Hartley House · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Hartley House · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$11,500
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Park City, UT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way of Westchester and Putnam · White Plains, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Hartley House · New York, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Native American Heritage Association · Front Royal, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Native American Rights Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Hartley House · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way of Westchester and Putnam · White Plains, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Hartley House · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Metropolitan Opera Association · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Spring Lake Productions · New Milford, CT · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
United Way of Westchester and Putnam · White Plains, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$7,000
A Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Washington, DC · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
My Sisters Place · White Plains, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Rivertowns Arts Council · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Park City, UT · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
My Sisters Place · White Plains, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Rivertowns Arts Council · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
United Way of Westchester and Putnam · White Plains, NY · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Park City, UT · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
My Sisters Place · White Plains, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Rivertowns Arts Council · Hastings On Hudson, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
United States Association for Unhcr · Washington, DC · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
United Way of Westchester and Putnam · White Plains, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
I-Park Foundation · East Haddam, CT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
International Fund for Animal Welfare · Yarmouth Port, MA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
My Sisters Place · White Plains, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Native American Heritage Association · Front Royal, VA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
My Sisters Place · White Plains, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$5,000
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$3,000
I-Park Foundation · East Haddam, CT · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$2,500
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Scenic Hudson · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$2,000
Native American Heritage Association · Front Royal, VA · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Chapin School Ltd · New York, NY · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Native American Heritage Association · Front Royal, VA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Chapin School Ltd · New York, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic · Elmsford, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,500
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Park City, UT · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Adopt-a-Native-Elder · Park City, UT · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Chapin School Ltd · New York, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology · Ithaca, NY · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$1,000
Greenpeace Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
Chapin School Ltd · New York, NY · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$500
A Jewish Voice for Peace · Berkeley, CA · 2021
General & Unrestricted

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