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Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future

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.

$177k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
42
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100
Largest grant, FY2025
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k 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
EnvironmentInternationalHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving41$177k20%
FY202444$234k20%
FY202335$193k17%
FY202233$295k21%
FY202133$378k76%
FY20208$179k75%
FY20196$142k67%
FY201814$145k57%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.4MEnvironment$104kArts & Culture$95kFood & Nutrition$72kCivil Rights$58kHealth$56kInternational$43kPhilanthropy$34kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
George Mason University Foundation Inc$1,350,00090%
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$38,00050%
Feeding America$34,65040%
International Rescue Committee INC$20,25040%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$19,15050%
Reproductive Freedom for All Foundation$17,00040%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$16,10050%
Anti-Defamation League$15,10050%
Ecoamerica$14,35080%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$14,10050%
Creative Force Foundation Inc$13,0003n/a
Children's Environmental Health Network$11,60050%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$11,20040%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$8,10050%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc$8,00040%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$7,10060%
Sierra Club Foundation$7,10040%
Virginia Organizing Inc$6,00010%
The Washington Ballet$5,75050%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,10020%
United States Fund for Unicef$5,00010%
Solavida$5,0001n/a
Womens Cancer Resource Center$4,75960%
Mpt Foundation Inc$4,66050%
Natural Heritage Trust$4,50010%
Maternity Care Coalition$4,10050%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$4,10030%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$4,05030%
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc$3,60030%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$3,10030%
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy$2,50010%
Accelerate Change Inc$2,50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,30040%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$2,25020%
Direct Relief$2,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$2,00020%
You Can Vote$1,10020%
National Medical Association$1,00010%
Smart Growth America$1,00010%
Stony Brook Foundation Inc$1,00010%
California Institute of Technology$1,00010%
National Public Radio Inc$1,00010%
Cool Effect Inc$81740%
Youth Rally Committee Inc$50010%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund$3301n/a
Avalon Theatre Project Inc$25010%
Virginia Clinicians for Climate Action$1001n/a
Maryland Public Health Association$10010%
Bethesda Fire Department Inc$10010%
American Heart Association Inc$7510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($164k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGeorge Mason University Foundation Inc: $1,350,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $38,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $34,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $19,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetReproductive Freedom for All Foundation: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $16,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $15,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEcoamerica: $14,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $14,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Environmental Health Network: $11,600 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJohn F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: $11,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $8,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPhysicians for Social Responsibility: $7,100 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $7,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Organizing Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Washington Ballet: $5,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Cancer Resource Center: $4,759 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMpt Foundation Inc: $4,660 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Heritage Trust: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaternity Care Coalition: $4,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $4,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $4,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $3,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccelerate Change Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $2,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYou Can Vote: $1,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Medical Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmart Growth America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStony Brook Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCool Effect Inc: $817 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Rally Committee Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAvalon Theatre Project Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaryland Public Health Association: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethesda Fire Department Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

Tides FoundationCA16.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · United States Energy Foundation · The Partnership Project Inc · Impactassetsinc · The Rockefeller Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Network for Good · American Endowment 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.

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About Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future

How much does Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future give?
Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future reported 42 grants totaling $177,099 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Environment (6%), Arts & Culture (5%).
Who are Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: George Mason University Foundation Inc ($1.4M), Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ($38k), Feeding America ($35k).
Does Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future 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 Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, The Partnership Project Inc.
Where is Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future based?
Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future is based in MD.

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 81 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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