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· Private foundation
GEORGE W SULLIVAN FOUNDATION
This foundation does not accept unsolicited requests — it funds preselected organizations.
$1.2M
Granted FY2024
13
Grants
2
Communities
$556k
Largest
01What you fund
0164% classified
What you funded, over time
Every grant clustered by its grantee’s IRS cause code (NTEE), by year — across FY2017–2024.
Human Services$564kFood & Nutrition$100kRecreation & Sports$50kHealth$20kHousing & Shelter$8kAnimals$5kOther$415k
02beneath the categories
Past the labels — and the year it shifted
Beneath the NTEE codes, this is what the grant descriptions actually say.
…and in their own words, year by year
2020
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2024
ontariocaremedicaleducationchildren cancer
Words distinctive to each year’s grant purposes (TF-IDF) · event-driven terms in cyan.
03FY2024 · 13 grants
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $20k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
- $250k+2 grants · $856k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
- FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC$556,285
- ALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC$299,538
- FOODLINK INC$100,000
- CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES INC$50,000
- THE F F THOMPSON FOUNDATION INC$40,000
- CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ONTARIO COUNTY$30,000
- JAMES P WILMOT FOUNDATION INC$25,000
- ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$20,000
- ONTARIO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (OCF)$10,000
- WEASE CARES CHILDRENS FUND$10,000
- SUNSET HOUSE INC$7,500
- KEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME$7,500
- ONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
show:
Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $564k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10% — the area typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars reach neighborhoods with above-average need. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
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; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA, United Way ALICE — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
03Your field
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
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F F Thompson Health System Inc
Thompson Health is dedicated to providing an integrated health care system, comprised of affiliated health-related corporations, to continuously improve the health of the residents and communities of the Finger Lakes and the surrounding…
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2
F F T Senior Communities Inc
To provide an enhanced lifestyle of independence and peace of mind in beautiful, scenic and secure surroundings for all residents, offering a variety of activities, personal services and lifelong learning opportunities. Respect, trust and…
Human Services
3
Ur Medicine Home Care Inc
The provision of fundraising assistance and support to affiliates.
Health
4
The Paul Robert Carey Foundation
Cancer research and alternative treatment programs
Philanthropy
5
Hoffmann Hospice Home Foundation
The organization owns and manages a care facility for hospice patients in which care, comfort, and compassion are provided to terminally ill patients and their families.
Health
6
St James Hospital
St. james hospital is committed to the health and wellness of the communities we serve by providing the highest quality of care in a compassionate and trusted environment.
Health
7
Fox Chase Cancer Center Foundation
To prevail over cancer, marshaling heart and mind in bold scientific discovery, pioneering prevention and compassionate care.
Health
8
Quiet Oaks
Provide comfort and care to terminally ill persons and their families in a home-like setting
Human Services
9
Keuka Health Care Foundation Inc
To provide fundraising assistance and support solely for the benefit of its affiliate, ira davenport memorial hospital, inc.
Health
10
University At Buffalo Foundation
The mission of the university at buffalo foundation, inc. is to support and promote the activities and programs of the university at buffalo, state university of new york.
Education
11
Friends of the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto Inc
Generally, the organization makes grants to support child health through research. in fy 2024 ending march 31, 2025 and in prior years, the organization has supported research in diseases such as various cancers, such as neuroblastoma,…
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12
Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
Our Mission is to inspire our communities to invest in health and scientific advances to improve the lives of children and their families in Canada and around the world. SickKids Foundation provides a critical source of funding to the…
Human Services
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital and the most unlike its peers is Ontario County Humane Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network
10 grantees, every filing reconciled, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue.
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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since you first funded
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Human Services$563,785Other$414,568Food & Nutrition$100,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Health$20,000Housing & Shelter$7,500Animals$5,000
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FOODLINK INC ↗
- Who funds CAMP GOOD DAYS & SPECIAL TIMES INC ↗
- Who funds THE F F THOMPSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JAMES P WILMOT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds SUNSET HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds KEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME ↗
- Who funds ONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
United Way of Greater Rochester AndNY13.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Rochester And · Rochester Area Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organisation GEORGE W SULLIVAN FOUNDATION funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
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. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
04Through Plinth
Through Plinth
Your grantmaking, live and operational
This dossier was generated cold from public filings. In Plinth it’s a working system — every applicant assessed and every grant monitored. Here’s a taste, run on one of your grantees: FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC.
Agentic due diligence · confidence × risk
Financial management
low risk
~145 months of operating runway; revenue grew over 8 filed years.
Track record & reputation
low risk
8 years of Form 990 filings, still active; revenue up 20.6× since.
Legal standing
low risk
US 501(c)(3); EIN 464036667 on file with current IRS Form 990 filings.
Governance
Live in Plinth
Board composition & governance documents — verified live in Plinth from the applicant.
Compliance & sanctions
Live in Plinth
OFAC / UN sanctions screening — run live in Plinth at assessment.
Program capacity
Live in Plinth
Staffing, M&E and activity alignment — assessed live in Plinth from submitted proposals.
Live · Plinth’s real DD engine
Run the actual assessment on FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC, cold from public data.
Generated live from public IRS filings + open web sources by Plinth’s agentic engine. Shown as an illustration of the product, not a formal assessment.
Post-award monitoring · continuous checks
- On trackFinancial stability— Roughly 145 months of cash on hand.
- On trackSustained operations— Filing through 2024; revenue grew over the period.
- On trackReliance on your funding— Your grants peaked at 10% of their budget — diversified.
- Awaiting reportEvidence of delivery— Plinth collects the grantee's own monitoring reports post-award.
What you see here is static and public. In Plinth it’s operational — the full six-pillar framework on every applicant (with their own documents + live registry and sanctions checks), monitoring dashboards on every award, custom board reports, and eligibility routing for intake.
Agentic due diligenceMonitoring dashboardsCustom board reportsEligibility routing
Preview generated from this grantee’s public IRS filings and independent reporting. Pillars marked “live in Plinth” require the applicant’s submitted documents. Shown as illustration, not a formal assessment.
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPro
How do I get to George W Sullivan Foundation?
Find your warmest path to George W Sullivan Foundation through people who sit on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the introduction across shared trustees and officers.
Every link is a documented governance overlap in public IRS 990 filings — not a personal network — and each hop carries its own confidence tier. Low-confidence or distant paths are held back rather than guessed.
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