The Skylight Foundation makes highly concentrated, large-scale gifts to public and societal benefit organizations. In the available grant cycle it directed a single $1.25M award as general/various support to Woodstock Street Foundation, suggesting a preference for providing substantial, flexible funding rather than many small or program-restricted grants. The foundation appears to operate with a narrow, targeted portfolio and favors deep investments in a small number of partners.
Extremely concentrated: a single large grant in the dataset, providing flexible/various-purpose support to one grantee rather than multiple, repeated, or small grants.
A single $1.25 million grant in 2024 anchors Skylight Foundation Inc the Siegfried Group’s recent giving and signals a concentrated approach to philanthropy. That award went to Woodstock Street Foundation Inc in Philadelphia for various support, far larger than the foundation’s other recent grants and consistent with a strategy of making a few substantial, flexible gifts rather than distributing many smaller awards. The foundation’s recent portfolio also includes support for Woodmere Art Museum and Ongava Research Center, showing that its grantmaking is not limited to one organization or one theme, but it does remain tightly focused. The foundation gave $1,476,909 in annual grants in the latest 990 year on file, against total assets of $20,483,325. Its typical grant size sits at $50,000 at both the 25th percentile and median, rising to $125,000 at the 75th percentile, which fits a pattern of a small number of meaningful awards with one especially large outlier. Grantees include community-serving and public-benefit organizations, along with a research-oriented recipient outside the US. The 2024 grant list suggests a funder that uses general or various-purpose support as a core tool.
Skylight Foundation Inc the Siegfried Group gives across a small set of cause areas, with each recent grant tied to a named recipient and a specific purpose. In community service and development, it awarded $1.25 million to Woodstock Street Foundation Inc for various support, a flexible grant that stands out in the recent record. The foundation also supported arts and culture through a $50,000 gift to Woodmere Art Museum for various purposes. In wildlife conservation and research, it gave $50,000 to Ongava Research Centre for wildlife conservation and research, indicating that research-oriented environmental work is part of the portfolio. A further $125,000 grant to Ongava Research Center for various support shows that the foundation can back the same broad mission in more than one cycle, while still keeping the overall portfolio compact.
Grant size is highly uneven: the 25th percentile is $50,000, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $125,000, with one $1.25 million award sitting far above the rest. The record points to a concentrated style of giving rather than a broad distributed program. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Ongava Research Centre in 2023 and Ongava Research Center in 2024, suggesting some continued support, while other grants are one-off. The foundation does not fund individuals and makes no program-related investments. No application process is shown in the data.
$712K
$12.3M
$1.5M
$1.5M
Most grants fall between $50K and $125K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$125K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Skylight Foundation Inc the Siegfried Group.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 10 | $1.7M | 71.4% |
| 2 | Namibia |
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Notable grantees: Woodstock Street Foundation Inc
Most recent grants land in the US, with Philadelphia appearing more than once: Woodstock Street Foundation Inc and Woodmere Art Museum are both in Philadelphia, PA. Easton, PA also appears in the recent list through K-1 Activity - Easton Coach. Outside the US, the foundation gave to Ongava Research Centre in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and to Ongava Research Center in WA. The recipient distribution is regional, and 60.0% of grants in the sample went to US recipients.
Recent grants show support for public and societal benefit organizations, community service and development nonprofits, an art museum, and a wildlife conservation and research recipient. The largest gift went to Woodstock Street Foundation Inc for various support, and other named grantees include Woodmere Art Museum and Ongava Research Centre.
The typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile and median, with the 75th percentile at $125,000. The recent record also includes a much larger $1.25 million grant, so the portfolio combines standard mid-six-figure awards with occasional very large gifts.
Yes. Ongava appears in both 2023 and 2024: Ongava Research Centre received $50,000 in 2023, and Ongava Research Center received $125,000 in 2024. That pattern suggests at least some repeat support across years.
The top state by grant count is Pennsylvania. Philadelphia appears twice in the recent list, through Woodstock Street Foundation Inc and Woodmere Art Museum, and Easton, PA also appears among recent recipients.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
| 2 |
| $450K |
14.3% |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 1 | $50K | 7.1% |
| 4 | India | 1 | $14K | 7.1% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTRE | — | $325,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| OPERA PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $150,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FAO THE BARNES FOUNDATION | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $100,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| ARTISTYEAR | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $37,500 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FAO CULTURETRUST GREATER PHILADELPHIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $25,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| ST BARTHOLOMEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH | CHERRY HILL TOWNSHIP, NJ | $25,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| TIGER TOP CULTURAL AND ADVENTURE TOURS PVT LTD | NEW DELHI, NE | $14,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| CAMP SUNSHINE AT SEBAGO LAKE INC | CASCO, ME | $10,000 | 2026 | VARIOUS |
| WOODSTOCK STREET FOUNDATION INC | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $1,250,000 | 2024 | VARIOUS |
| ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTER | — | $125,000 | 2024 | VARIOUS |
| WOODMERE ART MUSEUM | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $50,000 | 2024 | VARIOUS |
| ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTRE | BEWDLEY WORCESTERSHIRE, EN | $50,000 | 2023 | WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH |
| K-1 ACTIVITY - EASTON COACH | EASTON, PA | $1,909 | 2023 | various |
ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTRE
$325,000VARIOUS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FAO THE BARNES FOUNDATION
$100,000VARIOUS
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
$25,000VARIOUS
ST BARTHOLOMEWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$25,000VARIOUS
TIGER TOP CULTURAL AND ADVENTURE TOURS PVT LTD
$14,000VARIOUS
WOODSTOCK STREET FOUNDATION INC
$1,250,000VARIOUS
ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTER
$125,000VARIOUS
ONGAVA RESEARCH CENTRE
$50,000WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH
K-1 ACTIVITY - EASTON COACH
$1,909various