About Sky'S the Limit Fund
Make wilderness therapy and nature-based therapy programs affordable and accessible to families of adolescents and young adults struggling with acute mental health conditions, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Focus Areas
wilderness therapynature-based therapyadolescent and young adult mental healthsubstance use / addiction supportcoaching and aftercare
Who They Fund
youth (program attendees)youth served through program partners
Funding Style
direct serviceparticipant scholarships/financial aidproject-specific/restricted supportpartnership-funded assistance
About Sky'S the Limit Fund
Sky's the Limit Fund centers its grantmaking on one purpose: making wilderness therapy and nature-based therapy affordable for adolescents and young adults with acute mental health conditions. The fund pays financial assistance directly into partner programs so families can access tuition support for programs that would otherwise be out of reach. Recent awards show that this is not a symbolic practice; it is the core of the foundation's work, with repeated support for program partners across multiple years. The largest recent grant in the file went to Deschutes Wilderness Therapy in Bend, Oregon, at $311,244 in 2023, illustrating the scale at which the fund underwrites access. Open Sky Wilderness Therapy in Durango, Colorado received $230,830 in 2024 and another $196,500 in 2023, while Anasazi Foundation in Mesa, Arizona received $187,000 in 2023 and $110,633 in 2024. Those patterns point to a funder that uses sizable, project-specific assistance to keep young people enrolled in therapeutic outdoor programming and to sustain partner programs over time. The foundation also extends its support beyond the program stay itself through coaching and aftercare for families transitioning back home or into independent living.
What Sky'S the Limit Fund Funds
The clearest theme in Sky's the Limit Fund's grantmaking is tuition relief for wilderness and therapeutic nature-based programs. It gave $230,830 to Open Sky Wilderness Therapy in 2024 and $196,500 to the same program in 2023, both for financial assistance to help youth attend. A second area is direct support for partner programs serving young people with mental health and substance use needs. In 2023, the fund awarded $136,249 to Suws of the Carolinas in Old Fort, North Carolina, described as program-partner financial assistance for youth participation, and it followed with $28,960 in 2024 for the same purpose. The fund also supports transition services. Its STLF Coaching Service provides a 12–15 week coaching program for families after wilderness or nature-based treatment, linking funding to aftercare and reintegration rather than ending when the program ends.
How Sky'S the Limit Fund Gives
Sky's the Limit Fund gives at a relatively high midrange: the 25th percentile grant is $66,125, the median is $102,312, and the 75th percentile is $138,861. The recent grants list shows repeated awards to the same partner programs across 2023 and 2024, which suggests ongoing relationships rather than one-off gifts. Open Sky Wilderness Therapy, Anasazi Foundation, Deschutes Wilderness Therapy, and others appear more than once. The foundation operates through multiple named grant programs, including financial assistance for wilderness and nature-based therapy and a coaching service for families after care. Those programs are open to unsolicited requests in the United States. It does not fund individuals directly, and the available data identifies the work as partnership-funded assistance rather than unrestricted public grantmaking.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1M
Total Assets
$1.7M
Total Revenue
$1.9M
Total Expenses
$1.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $66K and $139K, with a median of $102K.
25th Percentile
$66K
Median
$102K
75th Percentile
$139K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 0% of grants go to recipients in UT.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MARY DAVIDSON
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