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Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation at a glance

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Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation

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.

$89k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Education$158kYouth Development$98kInternational$90kHuman Services$70kCrime & Legal$63kHealth$60kHousing & Shelter$53kCivil Rights$52kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY$12,000
PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION$10,000
CHILDREN FIRST INC$7,500
EASTER SEALS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$7,500
CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN FUND$7,500
UNIDOS NOW INC$7,500
TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN OF SARASOTA$7,500
THE HAVEN$7,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAS$7,500
FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY$7,500
NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON$5,000
COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS$1,600
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 (FY18–23, $112k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY: $20k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY: $15k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY: $10k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY: $8k → 9%THE HAVEN: $10k → 9%THE HAVEN: $10k → 9%THE HAVEN: $10k → 9%THE HAVEN: $8k → 9%THE HAVEN: $8k → 9%THE HAVEN: $8k → 9%PINES OF SARASOTA: $8k → 9%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$616k · 17 repeat orgs$62k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2023, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$616k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+17%

Still filing today

76%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHealthEducationPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Children First Inc
    7× · 2017–2023 · $78k · revenue +53%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY
    5× · 2018–2023 · $56k · revenue +78%
  • CG
    CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN FUND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $55k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • IT
    INSTRIDE THERAPY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • SC
    SAMARITAN COUNSELING
    one grant, 2017 · $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
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
2
Sarasota City Foundation Inc
Philanthropy
3
Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness

Lead agency in the community for providers of homeless/prevention services in manatee/sarasota. responsible to plan strategies with community partners, assist with grants, educate the public, advocate with local leadership, administer the…

Human Services
4
Forty Carrots of Sarasota Inc

Forty carrots family center's mission is to nurture healthy child and family development through research-based, relationship-centered education and mental health services.

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5
Safe Children Coalition Inc

The safe children coalition's mission is to protect children and youth, strengthen families, and build community.

Human Services
6
Sarasota Police Foundation Inc

To improve public safety in the city of sarasota, florida, by providing resources and support to the sarasota city police department that are not readily available through other means.

Crime & Legal
7
Manatee Children's Services Inc

Preventing child abuse, restoring healing, and strengthening all children and their families through advocacy, treatment, and shelter.

Crime & Legal
8
Sarasota Academy of the Arts Inc

The mission of sarasota academy of the arts (saa) is to provide a motivating, challenging, and creative learning climate with a safe, caring, family atmosphere. saa will provide students interested in visual and performing arts with…

Education
9
Sarasota Medical Pregnancy Center Inc

To offer cost free pregnancy-related medical services, behavioral and social services and general resources that can benefit the mother and/or father from pre-birth to post-birth. from the pregnancy test to the baby's first birthday we…

Health
10
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc

Community impact powered by philanthropy.

Philanthropy
11
Teen Court of Sarasota Inc

To introduce area youth to activities and services that promote feelings of self-esteem and self improvement when they develop a healthy attitude toward authority. all organizational activities instill and teach the benefits of law abiding…

Youth Development
12
Hps Helping People Succeed Inc

To empower individuals of all ages and abilities and their families through comprehensive intervention and disability services promoting growth and belonging.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Education Foundation of Sarasota County; the most unlike its peers is Selah Freedom 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

20 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. 20 of the 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY: $72,000 · OtherFLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITYBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS: $37,500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERSBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAST INC: $32,500 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN C…TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN OF SARASOTA: $27,500 · OtherTAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN OF SARASOTATIDEWELL: $15,000 · OtherTIDEWELLIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherINSTRIDE THERAPY INC: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN COUNSELING: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $9,000 · OtherChildren First Inc: $77,500 · EducationChildren First IncEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $56,275 · EducationEDUCATION FOUNDATION O…FAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF S…Community Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc: $52,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Haven For…PINES OF SARASOTA INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesPINES OF SARASOTA I…SELAH FREEDOM INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc: $42,500 · HealthEaster Seals So…NEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 · HealthNEURO CHALLENGE…PINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 · HealthPINES OF SARASO…CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN FUND: $54,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S GU…TSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $20,000 · Crime & LegalTSIC INC DBA/…CHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $8,000 · Crime & LegalCHILD PROTECT…UNIDOSNOW INC: $12,500 · InternationalSAMARITAN COUNSELING SERVICES OF THE GULF COAST INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCouncil on Foundations Inc: $1,600 · PhilanthropyMIRACLE LEAGUE OF MANASOTA INC: $5,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$223,500Education$133,775Human Services$117,000Health$92,500Crime & Legal$82,500International$12,500Philanthropy$11,600Recreation & Sports$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren First Inc: $77,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA COUNTY: $56,275 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S GUARDIAN FUND: $54,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SOUTH SARASOTA COUNTY INC: $52,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCommunity Haven For Adults And Children With Disabilities Inc: $52,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetEaster Seals Southwest Florida Inc: $42,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE SUN COAST INC: $32,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNEURO CHALLENGE FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetPINES OF SARASOTA FOUNDATION INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTSIC INC DBA/TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIDOSNOW INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetINSTRIDE THERAPY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSAMARITAN COUNSELING SERVICES OF THE GULF COAST INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Sarasota Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF MANASOTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Community Foundat…Gulf Coast Community …Annette J Hagens Memo…The Louis and Gloria …Charles & Margery Bar…Harry Sudakoff Founda…Msc Foundation IncThe Evalyn Sadlier Jo…Roberta Leventhal Sud…Manatee Community Fou…Jerome & Mildred Padd…Harold C & Jacqueline…
The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co IncFL35.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Annette J Hagens Memorial Foundation · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation Inc · Harry Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Msc Foundation Inc · The Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation Inc · Roberta Leventhal Sudakoff Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Jerome & Mildred Paddock Foundation · Harold C & Jacqueline F Bladel Foundation Declaration of Charitable Tr

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 Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Evalyn Sadlier Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Children First Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Pines of Sarasota Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Child Protection Center Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 26 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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