· Private foundation
Sankey 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $602k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASSIST INTERNATIONAL | $602,303 |
| CHRIST COMMUNITY CHAPEL | $200,000 |
| REMEMBER THE CHILDREN | $30,000 |
| AIDS ORPHANS EDUCATION TRUST (AOET) | $21,500 |
| CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY | $20,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH T1D (FORMERLY JDRF) | $15,000 |
| TEACH FOR AMERICA INC NORTH CAROLINA | $10,000 |
| NEW CITY CHURCH | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 18% of Sankey Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AIASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC5× · 2020–2024 · $1.8M · revenue +51%
- NUNourish Up4× · 2020–2023 · $230k · revenue +45%
- CCCORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY2× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +67%
Funded once
- RZRAVI ZACHARIAS INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIESone grant, 2020 · $1.0M
Elon Universityone grant, 2022 · $600k · revenue +18%- CRCHARLOTTE RESCUE MISSION - DOVE'S NESTone grant, 2023 · $200k
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.
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.
To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.
Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…
Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…
The mission of the global alliance for improved nutrition (gain) is to improve the consumption of healthier diets for all, especially the most vulnerable, by improving the availability, affordability, desirability, and sustainability of…
Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.
Plant with purpose, a christian nonprofit organization, reverses deforestation and poverty around the world by transforming the lives of the rural poor. we do this through: - watershed restoration & regenerative agriculture - savings…
The mission of Solar Cookers International is to improve human health, economic well-being, womens empowerment, and the environment by promoting climate-friendly solar cooking for vulnerable populations worldwide.
To make safe drinking water available to as many students as possible through scalable and lasting solutions, ensuring every student can learn and thrive with safe water. see schedule o.
Brightfocus foundation funds exceptional research worldwide to defeat alzheimer's disease, macular degeneration, and glaucoma and provides expert information on these heartbreaking diseases. please refer to schedule o for a complete…
The critical path institute is a catalyst in the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science. this is achieved by leading teams that share data, knowledge and expertise resulting in sound, consensus…
Virtue foundation's mission is to increase awareness, inspire action, and render assistance through initiatives on healthcare, education, and women and justice programs, as well as innovative work in research and analytics.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 25 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ASSIST INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
- Who funds REMEMBER THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Elon University ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ↗
- Who funds Nourish Up ↗
- Who funds Sullenberger Aviation Museum ↗
- Who funds SEWING HOPE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SAFE PASSAGE INC ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds THE BUONICONTI FUND TO CURE PARALYSIS INC ↗
- Who funds KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION KNOTHOLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE CLEAR FUND ↗
- Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL 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.
Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Foundation for the Carolinas · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Servant Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sankey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sankey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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