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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 14-6205088

Nordlys Foundation

A private foundation in Saratoga Springs, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 21 grants and $739,547 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $739,547

    Grants listed
    21
    Assets, end of year
    $6,353,390

  • Tax year 2024

    $2,039,500

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $6,498,226

  • Tax year 2023

    $237,000

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $1,094,677

  • Tax year 2022

    $277,380

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $996,346

  • Tax year 2021

    $256,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $902,084

  • Tax year 2020

    $228,250

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $981,690

  • Tax year 2019

    $264,625

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $832,475

  • Tax year 2018

    $243,250

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $1,078,833

Grants paid in 2025

21 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Adirondack CouncilElizabethtown, NY

    Program support

    $250,000
  2. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Program support

    $100,000
  3. Pitney Meadows CommunitySaratoga Springs, NY

    Program support

    $80,000
  4. South Colonie CSDAlbany, NY

    Program support

    $44,547
  5. Saratoga PlanSaratoga SPGS, NY

    Program support

    $35,000
  6. American Swedish InstituteMinneapolis, MN

    Kaffestugan project

    $25,000
  7. Saratoga Senior CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

    Program support

    $25,000
  8. The National Heritage TrustAlbany, NY

    Program support

    $25,000
  9. Agricultural Stewardship AssnGreenwich, NY

    Program support

    $20,000
  10. Caffe LenaSaratoga Springs, NY

    Program support

    $20,000
  11. Saratoga InstituteSaratoga SPGS, NY

    Program support

    $20,000
  12. American Farmland TrustWashington, DC

    Program support

    $15,000
  13. Sagamore Institute of the AdirondacRaquette Lake, NY

    Program support

    $15,000
  14. Adirondack Center for Loon ConservaSaranac Lake, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  15. Camp Stomping GroundMiddle Grove, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  16. Saratoga Springs PreservationSaratoga SPGS, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  17. St Williams on Long PointRaquette Lake, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  18. The Mooncatcher ProjectSchenectady, NY

    Program support

    $10,000
  19. Berkshire PulseHousatonic, MA

    Program support

    $5,000
  20. Chebeaque and Cumberland Land TrustCumberland, ME

    Program support

    $5,000
  21. Nature Museum of Grafton VermontGrafton, VT

    Program support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Environment3 grants $305,00060% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $100,00020% of the total
  3. Arts and culture3 grants $50,00010% of the total
  4. Community development1 grant $20,0004% of the total
  5. Food and agriculture1 grant $15,0003% of the total
  6. International aid1 grant $10,0002% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0002% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York16 grants $599,547
  2. Minnesota2 grants $125,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $5,000
  4. Maine1 grant $5,000
  5. Vermont1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Barbara GlaserPRESIDENT Hours 5Pay $0
  • Kimara GustafsonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Susan BokanTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kenneth GlaserDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

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