Cloudsplitter Unrestricted Support Grants
Funding Amount
Up to US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Other requirements
- Applications that have a HIGHER LIKELIHOOD of funding:Projects, programs and organizations whose support will lead to long term Community Impact
- Projects and Programs that include multiple partners
- Projects and Programs that include a diverse and sustained number of funding sources
- Organizations with a diverse and sustained number of funding sources
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Grant applicants that there is a LOWER LIKELIHOOD that we will be funding, at this time:
- Not eligible: Capital Projects
- Not eligible: Lakes Associations
- Not eligible: Events
- Not eligible: Unrestricted support amounting to more than 5% of the organization’s annual operating budget
- Not eligible: Very Large grant requests.
- Not eligible: Grant applicants that we will NOT be accepting or funding at this time
- Not eligible: Asks of more than 20% of the project budget
- Not eligible: Requests from “For Profit” Businesses
- Not eligible: Requests from organizations without multiple funding sources
- Not eligible: Unrestricted Grant applications from religious institutions
- Not eligible: Endowment expansion campaigns
Overview
The Cloudsplitter Foundation offers Unrestricted Support Grants, aimed at covering the operating costs of not-for-profits rather than specific projects. Eligible organizations must align with the Foundation's strategic objectives and maintain an established relationship, with grants capped at $5,000 per year.
Note: The Cloudsplitter Foundation's grants committee meets 3 times a year in February, June and October, and grant requests are considered if they are received by 5 PM on the 1st of the month before the meeting.
Strategic Philanthropy
These grants support a not-for-profit’s operating costs and not specific projects or programs. Eligible grantees must meet the Cloudsplitter Foundation’s strategic objectives. Unrestricted support grants are limited to $5,000 per year. These grants generally go to organizations that Cloudsplitter has an established relationship with. Unrestricted Support grants are considered during our regular grant rounds.
Eligibility
Applications that have a HIGHER LIKELIHOOD of funding:Projects, programs and organizations whose support will lead to long term Community Impact
Projects and Programs that include multiple partners
Projects and Programs that include a diverse and sustained number of funding sources
Organizations with a diverse and sustained number of funding sources
Organizations that have an established a working relationship with Cloudsplitter in advance of their application
Ineligibility
Grant applicants that there is a LOWER LIKELIHOOD that we will be funding, at this time:
- Capital Projects
- Lakes Associations
- Events
- Unrestricted support amounting to more than 5% of the organization’s annual operating budget
- Very Large grant requestsGrant applicants that we will NOT be accepting or funding at this time
- Asks of more than 20% of the project budget
- Requests from “For Profit” Businesses
- Requests from organizations without multiple funding sources
- Unrestricted Grant applications from religious institutions
- Endowment expansion campaigns
- Grant applications above $50,000 that have not made INITIAL CONTACT (before application is submitted).
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Cloudsplitter Foundation's IRS filings)
New York, NY · 2024
$25K
Wilderness Healthcare Foundation
Star Lake, NY · 2024
$25K
Indian Lake, NY · 2024
$13K
Blue Mountain Lake, NY · 2024
$10K
Adirondack Health Foundation
Saranac Lake, NY · 2024
$10K
82 grants in Cloudsplitter Foundation's 2024 filings reference “Cloudsplitter Unrestricted Support Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Cloudsplitter Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 274
- Total given
- $1.84M
- Median grant
- $2,000
- Range
- $150–$215K
- By dollars: New York 97%, New Hampshire 1%, Vermont 1%. Top recipient cities: Saranac Lake, NY; Lake Placid, NY; Keeseville, NY.
- 30% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 48% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Pendragon Theatre · Saranac Lake, NY
Loan forgiveness
$215K
Adirondack Health · Saranac Lake, NY
Project grant
$188K
Play ADK · Saranac Lake, NY
Project grant
$75K
Northern Lights School · Saranac Lake, NY
Project grant
$60K
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts · Blue Mountain Lake, NY
Project grant
$50K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Unrestricted nonprofits
- Small grants
- Operating support
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