About Sunshine Comes First
Sunshine Comes First Ltd. concentrates its giving on a small set of mission-aligned organizations, with a strong emphasis on youth performing arts and environmental conservation/health. The foundation makes multi-year or repeated gifts to a handful of grantees, supporting both local/community arts programming and scientific research/education about wildlife and environmental impacts, including international work in Madagascar.
Focus Areas
Free after‑school performing arts programs for youth (community-based arts education)Wildlife and nature conservation education (public education/outreach through academic institutions)Environmental health research in Madagascar (studies of climate/environmental impacts on human health)Unrestricted general operating support for mission-driven nonprofits
Who They Fund
children and youth (after‑school and arts programs)students from low‑resource contexts (Haiti, Madagascar)incarcerated individuals and people reentering society
About Sunshine Comes First
Sunshine Comes First Ltd. gives repeatedly to a small circle of organizations working in youth performing arts, environmental research, and education. One of its clearest patterns is support for free after-school arts programming: The Mama Foundation for the Arts received multiple grants, including two $50,000 gifts in 2025 and additional support in prior years for the same youth program. The foundation also backs conservation education through The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni, alongside environmental health research tied to Madagascar through Madagascar Health Environmental Res. That mix points to a funder that combines community arts, scientific education, and place-based environmental work rather than spreading giving across many unrelated areas. The grant list also shows attention to education and cultural projects closer to home in New York, plus select international-linked work that still reaches U.S.-based recipients. Across the record, the foundation’s giving favors repeat relationships, unrestricted support in some cases, and direct program support in others. It funds both established institutions and smaller community organizations, with grantees ranging from arts nonprofits and science education groups to prison education and reentry programs, cultural education organizations, and research/education intermediaries connected to Madagascar.
What Sunshine Comes First Funds
In youth arts, Sunshine Comes First Ltd. supported The Mama Foundation for the Arts with funding for free after-school performing arts programming for youth, including a $24,650 grant in 2024 and additional support in other years. Arts and cultural education also appears in smaller local gifts, such as Culture Connect in Rhinebeck, which received support to promote cultural sensitivity in young people through education, language, and the arts. On the environmental side, the foundation funded The Safina Center - Stony Brook Uni with unrestricted support for an organization dedicated to education that promotes wildlife and nature conservation. It also gave to Hudsonia for research and education in biodiversity and land-use and development. Another thread is environmental health research in Madagascar, supported through Madagascar Health Environmental Res for work on the health impacts of environmental change and how to counteract negative health effects.
How Sunshine Comes First Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$86K
Total Assets
$454K
Total Revenue
$22K
Total Expenses
$86K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4K and $15K, with a median of $6K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$6K
75th Percentile
$15K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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