Funding search · EIN 208220996 · Rhinebeck, NY

Sunshine Comes First Ltd

Name: Sunshine Comes First Ltd grants, 2022–2025
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.

42
grants reported: $512,094
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $6,250
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.

What they fund

education arts promote madagascar afterschool biodiversity conservation dedicated

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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The Mama Foundation for the Arts5 grants · $172,650
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni5 grants · $123,500
Madagascar Health Environmental Res7 grants · $92,244
Hudsonia5 grants · $23,500
Haiti Education Project4 grants · $18,000
Zara Aina2 grants · $17,000
Bard Prision Initiative2 grants · $15,000
Opus 402 grants · $12,000
Culture Connect2 grants · $8,500
The Rhinebeck Science Foundation in2 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$88,200

2022

$127,150

2023

$211,244

2024

$85,500

2025

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
The Mama Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024
The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.
$50,000
The Mama Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024
The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.
$38,000
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni · Stony Brook, NY · 2023
Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.
$35,000
The Mama Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2025
The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.
$24,650
The Mama Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2023
The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.
$24,000
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni · Setauket, NY · 2025
Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.
$23,000
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.
$23,000
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.
$18,000
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2025
Scholarship
$17,000
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2024
Supporting efforts to study health impacts of environmental change in Madagascar and how to counteract negative health effects.
$17,000
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2024
Supporting efforts to study health impacts of environmental change in Madagascar and how to counteract negative health effects.
$15,500
The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.
$15,000
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2023
Supporting efforts to study health impacts of environmental change in Madagascar and how to counteract negative health effects.
$15,000
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2022
Supporting efforts to study health impacts of environmental change in Madagascar and how to counteract negative health effects.
$13,000
The Mama Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.
$12,000
Zara Aina · New York, NY · 2023
In support of Madagascar children's drama workshop providing educational opportunities for children
$8,000
Haiti Education Project · Red Hook, NY · 2023
Support for student education in Haiti.
$7,500
Bard Prision Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
Prison college programs and reentry programs
$7,500
Bard Prision Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
Prison college programs and reentry programs
$7,000
Opus 40 · Saugerties, NY · 2023
Sculpture repair/unrestricted
$7,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Unrestricted grant
$5,500
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2025
Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development
$5,122
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2024
A scholarship for prisca's daughter
$5,122
Madagascar Health Environmental Res · Boston, MA · 2024
A scholarship for prisca's daughter
$5,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2024
Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development
$5,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2024
Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development
$5,000
Culture Connect · Rhinebeck, NY · 2023
Promote cultural sensitivity in young people via education, language and the arts.
$5,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2023
Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development
$5,000
The Rhinebeck Science Foundation in · Rhinebeck, NY · 2023
Science Education
$5,000
Opus 40 · Saugerties, NY · 2022
Sculpture repair/unrestricted
$5,000
Zara Aina · New York, NY · 2022
In support of Madagascar children's drama workshop providing educational opportunities for children
$4,000
Haiti Education Project · Red Hook, NY · 2022
Support for student education in Haiti.
$3,700
Stories 4 Strength · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Children's arts prograns services -- unrestricted grant
$3,500
Culture Connect · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
Promote cultural sensitivity in young people via education, language and the arts.
$3,000
Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2025
To preserve the scenic environment
$3,000
Haiti Education Project · Red Hook, NY · 2024
Support for student education in Haiti.
$3,000
Haiti Education Project · Red Hook, NY · 2024
Support for student education in Haiti.
$3,000
Hudsonia · Annandale, NY · 2022
Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development
$3,000
The Children'S Foundation of Astor · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
To help and support those children with poverty, mental illness or abuse.
$3,000
The Rhinebeck Science Foundation in · Rhinebeck, NY · 2022
Science Education
$2,500
Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2024
To preserve the scenic environment
$2,500
Dutchess Land Conservancy · Millbrook, NY · 2024
To preserve the scenic environment

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