Maryland · Private foundation
Harry & Beatrice Sley 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.
- $62k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $520
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $108k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $62k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $44k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $42k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $35k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $33k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $35k | 53% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $34k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $33k | 64% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University | $36,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | $27,850 | 9 | n/a |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $16,500 | 4 | 0% |
| International Myeloma Foundation | $9,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Imagination Stage Inc | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Maccabi USA Inc | $4,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $4,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| First Descents | $3,220 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($205k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc · Elno Family Foundation Inc · Reinsch Pierce Family Foundation Inc · Sami & Annie Totah Family Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation
- How much does Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation give?
- Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $61,840 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Religion (16%), Education (11%).
- Who are Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duke University ($36k), Washington Hebrew Congregation ($28k), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($17k).
- Does Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation 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 Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Dorothy G Bender Foundation Inc, Elno Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation based?
- Harry & Beatrice Sley Foundation is based in MD.
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