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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8220996

Sunshine Comes First LTD

A private foundation in Rhinebeck, NY. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $85,500 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.

How to apply

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

    $85,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $453,573

  • Tax year 2024

    $105,622

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $517,724

  • Tax year 2023

    $127,150

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $613,710

  • Tax year 2022

    $88,200

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $492,732

  • Tax year 2021

    $94,200

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $401,833

  • Tax year 2020

    $79,700

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $309,974

  • Tax year 2019

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $333,389

  • Tax year 2018

    $175,103

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $453,918

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. The Mama Foundation for the ArtsNew York, NY

    The donation is in support of MAMA Foundation for the Arts and its mission of providing free afterschool performing arts programming for youth.

    $35,000
  2. The Safina Center - Stony Brook UniSetauket, NY

    Unrestricted donation in support of organization dedicated to education to promote wildlife and nature conservation.

    $24,000
  3. Individual

    Scholarship

    $18,000
  4. Individual

    Research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development

    $5,500
  5. Dutchess Land ConservancyMillbrook, NY

    To preserve the scenic environment

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $35,00092% of the total
  2. Environment1 grant $3,0008% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York3 grants $62,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Susan Cummings-FindelPresident Hours 10Pay $0
  • Stefan FindelVice President Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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