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Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$516k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
47
Grants FY2024
16
Organizations funded FY2023
69%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 42
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$5.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 69% of the organizations Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthYouth DevelopmentArts & CulturePhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving43$516k86%
FY202316$364k69%
FY202213$290k62%
FY202113$272k77%
FY20203$1.4M67%
FY201942$3.7Mn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Human Services$1.2MHousing & Shelter$1.2MHealth$1.1MPhilanthropy$605kArts & Culture$204kEducation$137kEmployment$94kRecreation & Sports$45kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
MD
NC
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 43 grantees
All grantees of Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Red Sox Foundation Inc$572,18862%
Neighborhood Villages Inc$151,42941%
Woodstock Community Trust Inc$130,49949%
Angel Faces$85,000411%
Playworks Education Energized$20,00010%
Gavin Foundation Inc$17,72710%
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital$16,08310%
Palaver Strings Inc$15,00017%
Twin Pines Housing Trust$12,50010%
Darwins Ark Foundation$10,79911%
Interfaith Social Services Inc$10,35420%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$10,00010%
UTEC Inc$10,00010%
The Educational Foundation Inc$10,00010%
American Veterinary Medical Foundation$10,00010%
Seeds 4 Success Inc$10,00012%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$7,00010%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$7,00010%
Trustees of Clark University$7,00010%
Esperanza Health Center Inc$7,00010%
Equal Access to Broadband Inc$5,22515%
Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc$5,00011%
Indiana University School of Medicine$5,0001n/a
Georgetown University$5,00010%
Women's Lunch Place Inc$5,00010%
University at Albany Foundation$5,00010%
Purpose Driven Girlz Learning Center Inc$5,0001n/a
Living Independently Forever Inc$5,00010%
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc$5,00010%
Mid-Coast Health Net Inc$5,00011%
The Light House Bistro$5,0001n/a
Burlington Community Land Trust$5,00016%
The Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc$5,00010%
Inn Along the Way$5,0001n/a
Magical Moon Foundation Inc$4,00012%
Children's Crisis Treatment Center$3,00010%
Grace Place Ministries Inc$2,50011%
Rise and Shine Bakery$2,50011%
65 Alive Inc$2,5001n/a
Tech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring Inc$2,50011%
Earth Island Institute Inc$2,50010%
Vital Communities Inc$2,00010%
The Ehe Foundation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 67 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Red Sox Foundation Inc: $572,188 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetNeighborhood Villages Inc: $151,429 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWoodstock Community Trust Inc: $130,499 over 4y, 8.9% of budgetAngel Faces: $85,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetPlayworks Education Energized: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGavin Foundation Inc: $17,727 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlice Peck Day Memorial Hospital: $16,083 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalaver Strings Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetTwin Pines Housing Trust: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDarwins Ark Foundation: $10,799 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetInterfaith Social Services Inc: $10,354 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUTEC Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Educational Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Veterinary Medical Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSeeds 4 Success Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Legal Advocates: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEsperanza Health Center Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Access to Broadband Inc: $5,225 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetFriends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGeorgetown University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Lunch Place Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity at Albany Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Independently Forever Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMid-Coast Health Net Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetBurlington Community Land Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetThe Sportsmen's Tennis & Enrichment Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMagical Moon Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetChildren's Crisis Treatment Center: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Place Ministries Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRise and Shine Bakery: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTech Exposure & Access Through Mentoring Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVital Communities Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ehe Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

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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.

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About Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr

How much does Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr give?
Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr reported 47 grants totaling $516,025 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 42 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Housing & Shelter (18%), Health (17%).
Who are Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Red Sox Foundation Inc ($572k), Neighborhood Villages Inc ($151k), Woodstock Community Trust Inc ($130k).
Does Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr based?
Doris Buffett Legacy Foundation Inc Fka Sunshine Lady Humanitarian Grants Pr is based in MA.

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 110 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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