Private foundation · Saratoga Springs, NY

Nordlys Foundation

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Typical grant size
$5K – $10K – $20K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
38
Repeat grantees
17
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Barbara Glaser
PRESIDENT
Kimara Gustafson
DIRECTOR
Susan Bokan
TREASURER
Kenneth Glaser
DIRECTOR

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
31.4%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
207
Total grants awarded
$4.3M
Total amount
$21K
Average grant
$400K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$2.0M
25 grants
2023
$237K
14 grants
2022
$277K
18 grants
2021
$256K
20 grants
2020
$228K
18 grants
2019
$265K
22 grants
2018
$243K
18 grants
2017
$303K
16 grants
2016
$232K
19 grants
2014
$132K
21 grants
2013
$133K
16 grants

Top recipients

9 grants · MN · ✓ Exact match
$580K
Pitney Meadows Community
9 grants · NY
$498K
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$400K
5 grants · MN · ✓ Exact match
$380K
South Colonie Csd
3 grants · NY
$237K
11 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$205K
11 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$190K
1 grant · NY · ≈ likely match
$140K
2 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$125K
American Farmland Trust
8 grants · NY
$110K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Adirondack Land Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$400K
American Swedish Institute
KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT
MN · TY 2024
$375K
North House Folk School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MN · TY 2024
$300K
Camp Stomping Ground
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$140K
Pitney Meadows Community
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$125K
South Colonie Csd
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$123K
Adirondack Council
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$100K
Great Camp Sagamore
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Saratoga Arts Center
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Saratoga Plan
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$45K
Agricultural Stewardship Assn
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$45K
American Farmland Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$40K
Opera Saratoga
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Saratoga Senior Center
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Spring Street Gallery
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Left Bank
PROGRAM SUPPORT
VT · TY 2024
$15K
Adirondack Center for Loon Conserva
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Sobro Conservancy of Saratoga
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Hudson Sloop Club
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Caffe Lena
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$10K
The Mooncatcher Project
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$5K
All Peoples Church Twin Cities
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MN · TY 2024
$5K
Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2024
$2K
South Colonie Csd
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$39K
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$35K
North House Folk School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MN · TY 2023
$25K
Pitney Meadows Community
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
American Swedish Institute
KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT
MN · TY 2023
$25K
Adirondack Nature Conservancy
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$20K
Saratoga Plan
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
The National Heritage Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Spring Street Gallery
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Agricultural Stewardship Assn
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Caffe Lena
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
American Farmland Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Gammelgarden Museum
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MN · TY 2023
$5K
The Mooncatcher Project
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$3K
South Colonie Csd
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$75K
North House Folk School
PROGRAM SUPPORT
MN · TY 2022
$25K
American Swedish Institute
KAFFESTUGAN PROJECT
MN · TY 2022
$25K
Caffe Lena
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Pitney Meadows Community
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Saratoga Institute
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$15K
Agricultural Stewardship Assn
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondac
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Land Trust Alliance
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$10K
American Farmland Trust
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$10K
Hudson Crossing Park Inc
PROGRAM SUPPORT
NY · TY 2022
$10K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.