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Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation at a glance

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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
5
States reached
$102k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

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

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14
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’23
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’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$544kArts & Culture$441kHuman Services$191kRecreation & Sports$39kEducation$36kAnimals$19kReligion$15kHealth$12kOther$0
02FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k14 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $252k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$254k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PITTSBURGH$102,394
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$100,000
PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST$50,000
CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY$10,000
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA RACE CLUB$5,000
SITKA FINE ARTS CAMP$5,000
BEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$2,500
HUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE$2,500
LAWRENCE COUNTY YOUNG GUNS$2,500
COASTAL CONSERVATION LEAGUE$2,000
LAURI ANN WEST COMMUNITY CENTER$2,000
NEW CENTERVILLE RURAL VFC$1,000
COOPER-SIEGEL COMMUNITY LIBRARY$1,000
THE ROAD HOME ANIMAL PROJECT$1,000
FOX CHAPEL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$1,000
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 (FY20–22, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Light of Life: $5k → 11%BEVERLY'S BIRTHDAY'S: $100 → 10%JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 11%Jeremiahs Place: $2k → 11%Rainbow Kitchen Community Services: $5k → 11%Second Harvest: $2k → 11%SISTERS PGH: $1k → 11%Amachi Pittsburgh: $250 → 11%AMACHI PITTSBURGH: $100 → 11%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$802k · 21 repeat orgs$186k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2023, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
29

Total granted

$802k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+25%

Still filing today

62%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PC
    PITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST
    7× · 2018–2024 · $251k · revenue +6%
  • SH
    SARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $161k · revenue +12%
  • CI
    CARNEGIE INSTITUTE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $42k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TM
    Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of NY
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • IA
    INTERLOCHEN ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGHgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +51%
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.

04Its 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
Zoological Society of Pittsburgh

The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…

Animals
2
Scenic Pittsburgh

To protect, preserve, and promote the scenic resources of southwestern pennsylvania.

Environment
3
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the greater pittsburgh arts council builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts…

Arts & Culture
4
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy

The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…

Environment
5
Pittsburgh Entertainment Project

To create a vibrant, responsible, and sustainable film and digital media sector in southwestern pennsylvania.

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6
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh

The world affairs council of pittsburgh's mission is to convene and connect people around global issues to build a competitive, thriving, and inclusive pittsburgh.

International
7
Pittsburgh Council On Higher Education

To provide a means for sharing resources and information among members, engage in joint projects, and offer a common voice on educational matters.

Education
8
Bike Pittsburgh Inc

Bike pittsburgh is transforming our streets to make biking and walking commonplace for all pittsburghers in order to improve our quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence in our communities.

Public Benefit
9
Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

Pittsburgh center for creative reuse inspires creativity, conservation, and community engagement through reuse.

Arts & Culture
10
Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting Corporation

To create and distribute trusted content, build connections and strengthen our community through public media.

Arts & Culture
11
Pittsburgh Technology Council

Membership organization formed to help tech companies succeed through a proven platform of business development, talent retention, government relations, and visibility services. companies at all growth stages use the pittsburgh technology…

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12
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

Phlf works within a 250-mile radius of pittsburgh, pennsylvania to: identify and save historically significant places; renew historic neighborhoods, towns, and urban areas; preserve historic farms and historically designated landscapes;…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Humane Animal Rescue; the most unlike its peers is New Centerville & Rural Volunteer Fire Company. 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

37 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. 37 of the 58 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
27/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JEWISH FEDERATION OF PITTSBURGH: $201,732 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF PITTSBURGHSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $161,366 · OtherSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATIONALASKA ARTS SOUTHEAST INC: $22,500 · OtherWINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL: $20,000 · Other+25 more: $101,788 · Other+25 morePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $250,721 · Arts & CulturePITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUSTINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 · Arts & CultureINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTSCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $41,730 · Arts & CultureCARNEGIE INSTITUTE+4 more: $18,000 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $340,901 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER …+2 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $2,000 · Human ServicesSecond Harvest: $2,000 · Human ServicesSISTERS PGH CORP: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $450 · Human ServicesHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,500 · AnimalsBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 · AnimalsAnimal Friends Inc: $2,000 · AnimalsNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE ROAD HOME ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $1,000 · AnimalsSTEEL CITY ROWING CORPORATION: $11,650 · Recreation & SportsWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA RACE CLUB: $5,400 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $250 · Recreation & SportsLAWRENCE COUNTY YOUNG GUNS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE DRAGON'S DEN: $1,000 · Youth Development
Other$507,386Arts & Culture$410,451Philanthropy$343,901Human Services$25,450Animals$19,000Recreation & Sports$17,300Youth Development$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $340,901 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH CULTURAL TRUST: $250,721 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSARAH HEINZ HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $161,366 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCARNEGIE INSTITUTE: $41,730 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALASKA ARTS SOUTHEAST INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetWINCHESTER THURSTON SCHOOL: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL RESCUE: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEEL CITY ROWING CORPORATION: $11,650 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF PITTSBURGH: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA RACE CLUB: $5,400 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetRAINBOW KITCHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFox Chapel Area Land Trust: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE COUNTY YOUNG GUNS: $5,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetPITTSBURGH GLASS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAVER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOMERSET AREA AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Friends Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAUREL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH'S PLACE PITTSBURGH RELIEF NURSERY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOMELESS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FUND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSecond Harvest: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROUD HAVEN INC: $2,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER JOHNSTOWN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCIVIC LIGHT OPERA ASSOCIATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNO DOG LEFT BEHIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW CENTERVILLE & RURAL VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ROAD HOME ANIMAL PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSISTERS PGH CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DRAGON'S DEN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMACHI PITTSBURGH INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPlum Midget Football Assocation: $150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEVERLY'S PGH: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFox Chapel Crew Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Pittsburgh Founda…The Grable FoundationHillman Family Founda…Eqt FoundationRichard King Mellon F…The United Way of Sou…The Heinz EndowmentsPittsburgh Penguins F…The Benter FoundationOpportunity FoundationThe Burke FoundationThe Burke Family Foun…
The Pittsburgh FoundationPA33.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lauren and Adam Sufrin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 58 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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