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George W Sullivan Foundation at a glance

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George W 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$556k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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 2024.

Health$706kEducation$330kFood & Nutrition$100kHuman Services$10kPhilanthropy$10kAnimals$5k
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
RecipientAmount
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
WEASE CARES CHILDRENS FUND$10,000
ONTARIO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (OCF)$10,000
SUNSET HOUSE INC$7,500
KEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME$7,500
ONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
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 (FY24–24, $564k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC: $556k → 10%SUNSET HOUSE INC: $8k → 14%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 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 Paul Robert Carey Foundation

Enabling people battling cancer and other diseases to obtain vital quality of life needs and services not funded by traditional medical reimbursements.

Philanthropy
2
Arnot Health Inc

A Board of Directors for the Health System that guides and directs the establishment of the Arnot Health System comprising Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Arnot Medical Services and Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital.

Health
3
York Technical College Foundation Inc

To receive private gifts, bequests, and donations, and to account for, manage and help appreciate monies or property submitted to the foundation to benefit and advance york technical college by supporting programs and activities of the…

Education
4
State University of New York At Oneonta Foundation Corporation

To support and strengthen the fundraising programs of the state university of new york at oneonta so that gifts and grants are raised for student scholarships, faculty/student research, lectureships, and numerous academic and institutional…

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5
Fund for the Aged Inc

Our mission is to empower older adults to enhance purpose and well-being through a portfolio of innovative health care services.

Human Services
6
Jones Memorial Hospital Foundation

To benefit jones memorial hospital and affiliates

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
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
9
Calvary Hospital Inc

The mission of calvary hospital is to care for the medical, emotional and spiritual needs of our adult patients with advanced cancer and other life-limiting illnesses. it is the only fully accredited acute care hospital in the u.s. devoted…

Health
10
Childrens Cancer Therapy Development Institute

To make all childhood cancers universally survivable by delivering new treatments to clinical trials through scientific discovery.

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11
Oswego Health Foundation Inc

The mission of the Oswego Health Foundation is to raise and manage philanthropic support for Oswego Health and its not for profit entities as they provide accessible, quality care and improve the health of the residents in our community.

Philanthropy
12
Arc of Onondaga Foundation Inc

Arc of onondaga foundation, inc. (the foundation) is a new york state not-for-profit corporation organized to solicit and distribute funds for the support of developmentally disabled people in onondaga county.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nysarc Inc Ontario County Chapter; the most unlike its peers is Ontario Childrens Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 15 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC: $556,285 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $299,538 · OtherALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND IN…F F THOMPSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · OtherF F THOMPSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INCCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ONTARIO COUNTY: $30,000 · OtherCORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OF ONTARIO…THE JAMES P WILMOT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE JAMES P WILMOT FOUNDATION INC+4 more: $20,030 · OtherFOODLINK INC: $100,000 · Food & NutritionFOODLINK …CAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthKEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME INC: $7,500 · Housing & ShelterONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 · Animals
Human Services$563,785Other$414,568Food & Nutrition$100,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Health$20,000Housing & Shelter$7,500Animals$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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFRIENDS OF ONTARIO ARC FOUNDATION INC: $556,285 over 1y, 10% of budgetALFRED STATE COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $299,538 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetFOODLINK INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAMP GOOD DAYS AND SPECIAL TIMES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetF F THOMPSON HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE JAMES P WILMOT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONTARIO CHILDRENS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetKEUKA COMFORT CARE HOME INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetSunset House Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetONTARIO COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNYSARC INC ONTARIO COUNTY CHAPTER: $10 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.

Rochester Area Commun…Finger Lakes Area Com…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rochester Area Community FoundationNY15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 George W Sullivan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George W Sullivan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 15 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.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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