Sunshine Foundation
ActivePrivate FoundationPhilanthropy & VoluntarismFunds Individuals
Woodbury, NYWebsite
About Sunshine Foundation
The Sunshine Foundation appears focused on local hunger relief, making a single large grant to a regional food bank. Their giving targets direct food and feeding programs—likely supporting emergency food distribution and capacity for pantries serving Long Island and surrounding communities.
Focus Areas
Support for regional food banks (Long Island)Emergency food distribution and meal programsCapacity-building for food pantries and feeding operations
Who They Fund
children and youth (including after-school participants)low-income individuals and familiespeople experiencing food insecurity / hungry individualsdisaster-affected communitiespatients and people with medical needs (research beneficiaries)survivors of abuse and at-risk individualsjob-seekers / workforce training participants
About Sunshine Foundation
Sunshine Foundation’s giving is anchored by a large cluster of food-and-feeding grants, led by a $489,000 award to Island Harvest for food and feeding programs. That pattern is reinforced across New York City and Long Island, where the foundation supports food banks, meal programs, and pantry capacity. The recent grants list shows a mix of regional hunger relief and adjacent basic-needs support, including $237,500 to Food Bank for NYC, $142,500 to City Harvest, and $75,000 to Feeding Westchester. The foundation also funds related services such as essential needs, mental health, emergency response, medical research, and abuse prevention, but food security is the clearest thread in the recent record. Its grant recipients range from large citywide food providers to community organizations serving specific neighborhoods, suggesting a direct-service orientation rather than a broad thematic portfolio. The foundation’s 2025 grants show a consistent emphasis on organizations that deliver immediate assistance to individuals and families through food distribution and allied support services.
What Sunshine Foundation Funds
Food security is the most visible area in Sunshine Foundation’s recent grants. In 2025, it gave $50,000 to Campaign Against Hunger for food and feeding programs and $40,000 to The Inn for food and feeding programs, alongside several larger awards to regional food banks and meal providers. The pattern extends into meal delivery and pantry support, with grants such as $57,500 to City Meals on Wheels for food and feeding programs and $35,000 to New York Common Pantry for food and feeding programs. Beyond hunger relief, the foundation also supports adjacent basic-needs work: $50,000 to Urban Pathways for essential needs and $42,500 to New York Cares for essential needs. It also funds health-related community services, including $52,000 to Mid-island Y Jcc for mental health programs and services and $50,000 to St Mary’s Foundation for Children for medical equipment.
How Sunshine Foundation Gives
Sunshine Foundation’s recent grant sizes range from $25,000 at the low end of the listed awards to $489,000 at the high end, with a median grant of $50,000 across the top grants shown. The pattern is not a one-off: multiple grantees appear across the food, essential-needs, and health-service categories, and the foundation’s 2025 record is dominated by repeated operational support for direct-service organizations. It is a private foundation and also a pure DAF provider. The filing indicates that it funds individuals, and the site includes unsolicited intake paths for dream-program referrals through Refer A Child. That program structure suggests both institutional grantmaking and direct-service program support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$33.7M
Total Revenue
$3.1M
Total Expenses
$3.8M
Geographic Reach
Local10 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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