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Charles a Sullivan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$623k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$1.9MHealth$1.5MHousing & Shelter$327kReligion$320kEducation$217kCivil Rights$160kCommunity Improvement$160kFood & Nutrition$159kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $515k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS$50,000
WYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC$35,000
BISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER$25,000
NEWHOUSE$20,000
HOPE HOUSE$20,000
ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC$20,000
SOJOURNER CENTER$20,000
MOM'S HOUSE$20,000
SAFEHOME$20,000
ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE$15,000
HEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO$15,000
CROSSROADS SAFEHOUSE$15,000
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$15,000
MIRA VIA$15,000
BETHANY HOUSE$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $747k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAFEHOME: $20k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE: $20k → 18%SAFEHOME: $20k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: $15k → 11%SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER: $6k → 12%MOM'S HOUSE: $20k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE: $10k → 11%MOM'S HOUSE: $20k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE: $20k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE: $20k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE: $15k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOM'S HOUSE: $15k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%MOM'S HOUSE: $15k → 18%SAFEHOME: $15k → 5%MOM'S HOUSE: $10k → 18%HEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO: $15k → 18%FRIENDS OF YATES: $10k → 16%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $20k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%MOTHER'S REFUGE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $20k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $20k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%HOPE HOUSE: $15k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
MD
AZ
KS
NC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.7M · 55 repeat orgs$225k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +84% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

55 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
11

Total granted

$4.7M
$102k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+84%
-14%

Still filing today

71%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $123k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WP
    WYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $370k · revenue +127%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +24%
  • HO
    HEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $165k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KAN
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • AA
    ADVICE AID PREGNANCY CENTER
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION GREATER TOL
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Life Choices Care Center

To provide support for pregnant women

Health
2
Carolina Pregnancy Center

We are a crisis pregnancy center offering assistance to all women with pregnancy related issues.

Health
3
Life Choices Pregnancy Care Center Inc

The center provides free pregnancy tests, limited o.b. ultrasounds, non- professional peer counseling, free literature & brochures on topics related to pregnancy and spiritual issues, emergency support for clients in the form of maternity…

Health
4
Life-Way Family and Pregnancy Suppo

The organization provides women in crisis pregnancies alternatives to abortion, regardless of their religion, race or position in life and to help them come to a decision they and their babies can live the rest of their lives.

Health
5
Lifechoice Pregnancy Care Center

To provide support to unplanned pregnancies.

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6
Life Choices Resource Center Inc

To provide pregnancy testing (including ultrasound examinations), counseling, and referrals as needed (including post-abortion counseling) in our offices and through our 24-hour help-line.

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7
Loving Arms - a Crisis Pregnancy Center

Sharing the love of christ while promoting sexual integrity and bringing life affirming services to those unprepared for pregnancy or hurt by abortion

Health
8
Life Choice Center

To provide christian based outreach to clients by providing services and information free of charge to anyone in a crisis pregnancy situation, with the goal of assisting the client to carry the pregnancy to term and with continued care…

Health
9
Life Choices Pregnancy Center Inc

We are an outreach ministry of jesus christ committed to providing compassionate guidance, education, and help for all involved prior to, during, and following an unplanned pregnancy.

Health
10
Pregnancy Resource Center

Provide assistance to women who are pregnant

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11
Birthchoice

Consulting for pregnant women. community service referrals.

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12
Pregnancy Care Center

The pregnancy care center empowers individuals to make life-affirming decisions through education, medical services, counseling, and compassionate care based on the ministry of jesus christ.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Safehome Inc; the most unlike its peers is Birthline Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

49 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 49 of the 81 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
25
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
37/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC: $200,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INCBISHOP SULLIVAN CENTER: $197,500 · OtherBISHOP SULLIVAN CENTERARCHDIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY: $140,000 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF KANSAS CITYFIRST WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $135,000 · OtherFIRST WAY PREGNANCY CENTERBETHANY HOUSE: $135,000 · OtherBETHANY HOUSEMARY'S CHOICE PREGNANCY CENTER CO CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE: $130,000 · OtherMARY'S CHOICE PREGNANCY CENTER CO CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESECATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITY: $130,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF KANSAS CITYCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $115,000 · OtherROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $115,000 · OtherNOTRE DAME ACADEMY: $110,000 · OtherAID TO WOMEN CENTER: $90,000 · Other+39 more: $867,000 · Other+39 moreHEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO INC: $165,000 · Human ServicesHEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO INCMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $155,000 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLED…SAFEHOME INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHOME INCHOPE HOUSE INC: $145,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE INCMothers Refuge: $140,000 · Human ServicesMothers RefugeSOJOURNER CENTER: $127,000 · Human ServicesSOJOURNER CENTERInsight Womens Center Inc: $70,000 · Human ServicesInsight Womens Center In…+6 more: $107,000 · Human Services+6 moreWYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC: $370,000 · HealthWYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLI…BELLA VITA NETWORK: $145,500 · HealthBELLA VITA NETWORKAdvice and Aid Pregnancy Centers Inc: $105,000 · HealthAdvice and Aid Pregnanc…BOWLING GREEN PREGNANCY CENTER: $90,000 · HealthBOWLING GREEN PREGNANCY…COMPASSION PREGNANCY CENTER: $85,000 · HealthCOMPASSION PREGNANCY CE…LIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $75,000 · HealthLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CL…PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $52,500 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $52,500 · HealthALEXANDRAS HOUSE: $45,000 · Health+2 more: $25,000 · HealthHISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE: $160,000 · Community ImprovementHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $65,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $32,500 · Food & NutritionThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMIRAVIA INC: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterHouse of Refuge Sunnyslope Inc: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterLIFE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $100,000 · Civil Rights
Other$2,364,500Human Services$1,054,000Health$1,045,500Community Improvement$160,000Food & Nutrition$122,500Housing & Shelter$116,000Civil Rights$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC: $370,000 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC: $200,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO INC: $165,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetHISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE: $160,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $155,000 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetBELLA VITA NETWORK: $145,500 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetSAFEHOME INC: $145,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE HOUSE INC: $145,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetMothers Refuge: $140,000 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetFIRST WAY PREGNANCY CENTER: $135,000 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetSOJOURNER CENTER: $127,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $115,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetMIRAVIA INC: $110,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetAdvice and Aid Pregnancy Centers Inc: $105,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetLIFE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $100,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetBOWLING GREEN PREGNANCY CENTER: $90,000 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetAID TO WOMEN CENTER: $90,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetCOMPASSION PREGNANCY CENTER: $85,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetLIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC: $75,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetInsight Womens Center Inc: $70,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON INC: $65,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKansans For Life Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 5.7% of budgetCRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL: $55,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: $52,500 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER: $52,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetALEXANDRAS HOUSE: $45,000 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetBRIGHT FUTURES FUND: $45,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetNEWHOUSE INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF YATES INC: $35,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCROSSROADS SAFEHOUSE INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetREALITIES FOR CHILDREN CHARITIES: $35,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA INC: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetAlternatives to Violence Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Food Bank for Larimer County: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $20,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIGHT HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHouse of Refuge Sunnyslope Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Alliance Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIRTHLINE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBirthline of Loveland: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSeton Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WYANDOTTE PREGNANCY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds HEARTBEAT OF TOLEDO INC ↗
  • Who funds HISTORIC SOUTH INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds MOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO ↗
  • Who funds BELLA VITA NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHOME INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Mothers Refuge ↗
  • Who funds FIRST WAY PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ROSE BROOKS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRAVIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Advice and Aid Pregnancy Centers Inc ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CARE PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BOWLING GREEN PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AID TO WOMEN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds COMPASSION PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LIFE CHOICES WOMEN'S CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Insight Womens Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORENCE CRITTENTON INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Kansans For Life Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY KANSAS CITY SISTERS OF CHARI TY OF LEAVENWORTH HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRAS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BRIGHT FUTURES FUND ↗
  • Who funds NEWHOUSE INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Kansas City C…United Way of Greater…Constance M Cooper Ch…John J Sullivan Jr Fo…Health Forward Founda…Greater HorizonsThe H & R Block Found…William G McGowan Cha…The Sunderland Founda…Knights of Columbus C…Servant FoundationThe Dehaemers Family …
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO31.4× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · United Way of Greater Kansas City Inc · Constance M Cooper Charitable Foundation · John J Sullivan Jr Foundation John Houlehan & Mark Henke-Trustees · Health Forward Foundation · Greater Horizons · The H & R Block Foundation · William G McGowan Charitable Fund · The Sunderland Foundation · Knights of Columbus Charities Inc · Servant Foundation · The Dehaemers Family Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Charles a Sullivan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles a Sullivan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Charles a Sullivan Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Charles a Sullivan Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 81 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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