Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family 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.
- $290k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Grants FY2023
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
82% of Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Jewish Federation Of Greater Pittsburgh, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $290k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $102,394
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $254k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 18 | $290k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $315k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $140k | 58% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $85k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $62k | 63% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Cultural Trust | $250,721 | 7 | 0% |
| Sarah Heinz House Association | $161,366 | 4 | 3% |
| Interlochen Center for the Arts | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Carnegie Institute | $41,730 | 4 | 0% |
| Alaska Arts Southeast Inc | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Winchester Thurston School | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Humane Animal Rescue | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Steel City Rowing Corporation | $11,650 | 2 | 4% |
| Dorseyville Middle School PTO Inc | $10,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Children's Museum of Pittsburgh | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family 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: The Pittsburgh Foundation · The Grable Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Eqt Foundation · Richard King Mellon Foundation · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · The Heinz Endowments · Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation · The Benter Foundation · Opportunity Foundation · The Burke Foundation · The Burke Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation with peer funders
About Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation
- How much does Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation give?
- Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $289,994 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (41%), Arts & Culture (33%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust ($251k), Sarah Heinz House Association ($161k), Interlochen Center for the Arts ($100k).
- Does Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family 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 Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pittsburgh Foundation, The Grable Foundation, Hillman Family Foundations.
- Where is Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation based?
- Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation is based in PA.
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