Nordlys Foundation
Private foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY · EIN 14-6205088 · reported 2023–2025
60grants reported
$20Kmedian award
$10Klower quartile
$1,500smallest grant
$3.0Mtotal paid
5states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 60 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $5,000 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
110 Spring St
Saratoga Spgs, NY 12866-3302
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adirondack Land Trust | Keene, NY | $400,000 |
| American Swedish Institute KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT | Minneapolis, MN | $375,000 |
| North House Folk School | Grand Marais, MN | $300,000 |
| Adirondack Council | Elizabethtown, NY | $250,000 |
| Camp Stomping Ground | Middle Grove, NY | $140,000 |
| Pitney Meadows Community | Saratoga Springs, NY | $125,000 |
| South Colonie Csd | Albany, NY | $123,000 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 |
| Adirondack Council | Elizabethtown, NY | $100,000 |
| Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Saratoga Springs, NY | $100,000 |
| Pitney Meadows Community | Saratoga Springs, NY | $80,000 |
| Great Camp Sagamore | Raquette Lake, NY | $50,000 |
| Saratoga Arts Center | Saratoga Springs, NY | $50,000 |
| Agricultural Stewardship Assn | Greenwich, NY | $45,000 |
| Saratoga Plan | Saratoga Springs, NY | $45,000 |
| South Colonie Csd | Albany, NY | $44,547 |
| American Farmland Trust | Saratoga Springs, NY | $40,000 |
| South Colonie Csd | Albany, NY | $39,000 |
| Saratoga Plan | Saratoga Springs, NY | $35,000 |
| Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac | Raquette Lake, NY | $35,000 |
| American Swedish Institute KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 |
| Saratoga Senior Center | Saratoga Springs, NY | $25,000 |
| The National Heritage Trust | Albany, NY | $25,000 |
| American Swedish Institute KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 |
| North House Folk School | Grand Marais, MN | $25,000 |
| Pitney Meadows Community | Saratoga Springs, NY | $25,000 |
| Opera Saratoga | Saratoga Springs, NY | $25,000 |
| Saratoga Senior Center | Saratoga Springs, NY | $25,000 |
| Agricultural Stewardship Assn | Greenwich, NY | $20,000 |
| Caffe Lena | Saratoga Springs, NY | $20,000 |
| Saratoga Institute | Saratoga Springs, NY | $20,000 |
| Adirondack Nature Conservancy | Keene Valley, NY | $20,000 |
| American Farmland Trust | Saratoga Springs, NY | $15,000 |
| Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac | Raquette Lake, NY | $15,000 |
| Left Bank | North Bennington, VT | $15,000 |
| Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac | Raquette Lake, NY | $15,000 |
| Spring Street Gallery | Saratoga Springs, NY | $15,000 |
| Adirondack Center for Loon Conserva | Saranac Lake, NY | $10,000 |
| Camp Stomping Ground | Middle Grove, NY | $10,000 |
| Saratoga Springs Preservation | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| St Williams on Long Point | Raquette Lake, NY | $10,000 |
| The Mooncatcher Project | Schenectady, NY | $10,000 |
| Agricultural Stewardship Assn | Greenwich, NY | $10,000 |
| American Farmland Trust | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| Caffe Lena | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| Saratoga Plan | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| The National Heritage Trust | Albany, NY | $10,000 |
| Spring Street Gallery | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| Adirondack Center for Loon Conserva | Saranac Lake, NY | $10,000 |
| Caffe Lena | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| Hudson Sloop Club | Beacon, NY | $10,000 |
| Sobro Conservancy of Saratoga | Saratoga Springs, NY | $10,000 |
| Berkshire Pulse | Housatonic, MA | $5,000 |
| Chebeaque and Cumberland Land Trust | Cumberland, ME | $5,000 |
| Nature Museum of Grafton Vermont | Grafton, VT | $5,000 |
| Gammelgarden Museum | Scandia, MN | $5,000 |
| All Peoples Church Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 |
| The Mooncatcher Project | Schenectady, NY | $5,000 |
| The Mooncatcher Project | Schenectady, NY | $3,000 |
| Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School | Ghent, NY | $1,500 |
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