· Private foundation
Fred and Nancy Sperling Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $11k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $68k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Stark County Hunger Task Force | $15,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity | $15,000 |
| Salvation Army | $15,000 |
| Thompson Senior Center | $12,500 |
| Vermont Foodbank | $10,000 |
| The Peddie School | $2,500 |
| South Woodstock Fire Protection Assoc | $2,000 |
| Lucy Mckenzie Humane Society | $1,000 |
| Green Mountain Perkins Academy | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
| Green Mountain Horse Assoc | $1,000 |
| SAM Center | $1,000 |
| Lehigh University | $1,000 |
| Buckeye Council BSA | $350 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $46k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING4× · 2022–2025 · $46k · revenue +151%
- SCStark County Hunger Task Force Inc4× · 2022–2025 · $45k · revenue +40%
- VFVERMONT FOODBANK3× · 2023–2025 · $17k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- SASalvation Army of Canton OHone grant, 2022 · $10k
- SASalvation Army of Canton Ohioone grant, 2023 · $10k
- LMLucy McKenzie Humane Societyone grant, 2023 · $1k
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.
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.
Habitat for humanity of the lehigh valley, inc. engages in the construction, rehabilitation, critical home repair, and the sale of housing to economically disadvantaged people on a nonprofit basis in the lehigh valley area of pennsylvania.
Hampshire country school is a place of possibilities for high-ability, neurodiverse students enrolling in later elementary or middle school who have not found success in traditional educational environments. hampshire country school offers…
To reduce the conditions of poverty by providing comprehensive services to improve lives.to accomplish the mission, hhwp cac will collect and analyze data on the nature of poverty and the existing resources in the area. hhwp cac will…
Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. maumee valley habitat for humanity adheres…
To function as a community-based land conservancy for the preservation of farmland and our agricultural heritages, as well as other open spaces, natural resources, wildlife habitats, and scenic features within bedminster township and other…
Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements
The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.
Partnering with economically disadvantaged individuals and families. Hancock County Habitat For Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty housing and to make decent, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action.
Benton habitat for humanity is a countywide ecumenical ministry that seeks to eliminate substandard housing and to make decent shelter a matter of action and conscience by having people from all income levels work together.
Golden harvest food bank, inc.'s mission is "feeding lives together."
Lead sheboygan county's efforts to increase the food security of its residents by distributing healthy emergency food and fostering innovative partnerships.
Habitat for humanity of greater centre county works in partnership with god and our communities to build simple, decent, affordable houses for qualified families in need of adequate shelter.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 20 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WOODSTOCK AREA COUNCIL ON AGING ↗
- Who funds Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO ↗
- Who funds VERMONT FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds The Peddie School ↗
- Who funds GREEN MOUNTAIN HORSE ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds LUCY MACKENZIE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BUCKEYE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Vermont Foodbank: 13% of income from government
How this is measured
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