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Robert And Susan Sullivan Charitable Foundation Inc C/o Sullivan Tire Co

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.

$208k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$386kPhilanthropy$261kReligion$119kHousing & Shelter$108kHuman Services$106kHealth$16kFood & Nutrition$13kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $143k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$1,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$424k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF METRO SOUTH$53,423
MY BROTHER'S KEEPER$30,000
FATHER BILL'S AND MAINSPRING$25,000
OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS$25,000
ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY$25,000
MARY QUEEN OF MARTYRS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$13,000
LIFE TEEN$3,000
HOLY FAMILY PARISH$2,000
SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE (RING OF CHAMPIONS)$1,500
THE PETER FRATES FOUNDATION$1,000
SAINT ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,000
SIGNATURE HEALTH (CHAMPIONS FIGHTING CANCER WALK)$825
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION$520
PAN MASS CHALLENGE$500
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 (FY18–25, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: $30k → 11%My Brother's keeper: $20k → 11%MY BROTHER'S KEEPER: $10k → 11%NEW ENGLAND VILLAGE: $500 → 8%FRIENDSHIP HOME: $1k → 8%A SHOT FOR LIFE INC: $300 → 8%ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY: $25k → 8%Road to Responsibility: $5k → 8%ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC: $5k → 8%WELLSPRING: $2k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
MA
IN
NJ
CT
VA
AZ
TN
DC
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$815k · 31 repeat orgs$200k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
46

Total granted

$815k
$157k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+22%

Still filing today

42%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthInternationalHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • TB
    THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC
    3× · 2020–2025 · $138k · revenue +505%
  • FB
    FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +150%
  • MB
    My Brothers Keeper Inc
    3× · 2021–2025 · $60k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • DD
    DIOCESE DE BERBERATI (BISHOP DENNIS)
    one grant, 2022 · $45k
  • SM
    ST MARY'S OF HANOVER
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SM
    St Mary's - Father Chris Hickey
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
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
Lifestream Inc

Lifestream, inc. (the organization") provides community-based services that support individuals in attaining greater independence, promising opportunities, and lives that are meaningful and fulfilling on their own terms.

Health
2
Brighton Marine Inc

Brighton marine, inc. provides military and veteran families with comprehensive campus-based quality health care, as well as affordable and supportive housing for at-risk veterans and their families.

Health
3
Mercy Life Inc

We, trinity health pace and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy life is a member of trinity health pace and trinity health.

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4
Springwell Inc

Springwell helps individuals improve their quality of life and reduce their need for residential care by helping them access community resources. springwell works with individuals directly as well as with government agencies, health…

Human Services
5
St Vincent Depaul Rehabilitation Service of Texas Inc

Setting a new standard of employment for people who have disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

Employment
6
Hebrew Seniorlife Hospice Care Inc

The mission of hsl hospice is to provide exceptional care to terminally ill patients and their families allowing patients to attain the highest quality of life possible. hsl hospice aims to provide the highest quality hospice service that…

Human Services
7
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc

Suncoast hospice's mission is to be the center to improve life for those touched by advanced illness, death, dying, grief, bereavement and other end-of-life issues.

Human Services
8
Care Dimensions Inc

Care dimensions, inc. (cd) enriches quality of life by providing expert care, support, education, and consultation for those affected by life limiting illness, death, and loss.

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9
Triangle Inc

Through support, challenge and opportunity, triangle empowers people with disabilities and their families to enjoy rich, fulfilling lives. we are committed to helping the world recognize that we are all people with ability.

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10
The Community Hospice Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. the community hospice is a member of st. peter's health partners…

Human Services
11
Search for Change Inc

Dedicated to improving the quality of life and increasing the self sufficiency of individuals with emotional, social and economic barriers. this is accomplished by providing direct support and assistance needed to enable individuals to…

Human Services
12
Saint Mary Home Incorporated

We, mercy community health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming presence within our communities. saint mary home is a member of mercy community health and trinity health.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Challenge Unlimited Inc; the most unlike its peers is Skylur J Spagone Memorial Fund Inc. 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

34 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. 34 of the 85 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/34
Grantees still filing
24/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC: $138,106 · OtherTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INCBROCKTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $126,411 · OtherBROCKTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUBBoys and Girls Club: $121,283 · OtherBoys and Girls ClubOUR LADY OF THE ANGELS: $46,361 · OtherOUR LADY OF THE ANGELSDIOCESE DE BERBERATI (BISHOP DENNIS): $45,000 · OtherDIOCESE DE BERBERATI (BISHOP DENNIS)ST MARY'S: $38,000 · OtherST MARY'S (BISHOP DENNIS): $37,000 · Other+59 more: $238,445 · Other+59 moreFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $105,722 · Housing & ShelterFATHER BILL…+1 more: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesMy Brothers…ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesROAD TO RES…+4 more: $3,800 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $11,400 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $500 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 · InternationalLEARN LIVE LOVE INC: $2,000 · HealthAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $520 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400 · HealthTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC: $200 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthCHRYSTINE M SULLIVAN MEMORIAL FUND: $1,000 · PhilanthropyJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyYORK LAND TRUST: $900 · Environment
Other$790,606Housing & Shelter$107,222Human Services$98,800International$12,400Health$3,220Philanthropy$2,000Environment$900

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 budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC: $138,106 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC: $105,722 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMy Brothers Keeper Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $11,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE TEEN INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOANNA'S PLACE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetLEARN LIVE LOVE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWELLSPRING INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCARDINAL CUSHING CENTERS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRYSTINE M SULLIVAN MEMORIAL FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJERICHO ROAD MINISTRIES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP HOME INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK LAND TRUST: $900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOC: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS NOT HOPELESS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSignature Healthcare Corporation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND VILLAGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSkylur J Spagone Memorial Fund Inc: $400 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetA SHOT FOR LIFE INC: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMERON M NEELY FOUNDATION FOR CANCER CARE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLOWER ANGELS USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWORK INCORPORATED: $100 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.

  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF METRO SOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FATHER BILL'S & MAINSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds My Brothers Keeper Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROAD TO RESPONSIBILITY INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE TEEN INC ↗
  • Who funds JOANNA'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEARN LIVE LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds WELLSPRING INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗

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.

Eastern Bank FoundationMA21.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Robert And Susan Sullivan Charitable Foundation Inc C/o Sullivan Tire Co funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert And Susan Sullivan Charitable Foundation Inc C/o Sullivan Tire Co. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Road to Responsibility Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Work Incorporated: 76% of income from government
  • New England Village Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Friendship Home Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc: 40% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Father Bill's & Mainspring Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Jericho Road Ministries Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wellspring Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
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 85 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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