Connecticut · Private foundation
Sherlock Charitable Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $114k
- Granted FY2022
- 3
- Grants FY2022
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $56,865
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $56,865
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 67% of the organizations Sherlock Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | $114k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 34 | $91k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $80k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $78k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $69k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 41 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sherlock Charitable Foundation | $56,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Sherlock Family Foundation | $56,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvary Fund Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| We Are Blood | $32,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Weston Education Foundation Inc | $17,350 | 5 | n/a |
| Mobile Loaves & Fishes Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 0% |
| I Live Here I Give Here | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Central Texas Food Bank Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Person to Person Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Builders Beyond Borders | $9,300 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 62 grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sherlock Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Sherlock Family Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Shack Sackler Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Fernwood Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · Joseph a Patrick Foundation Inc · Synchrony Foundation · Kurtz Family Foundation Trust · The Tiger Tail Family Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Mbia Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sherlock Charitable Foundation
- How much does Sherlock Charitable Foundation give?
- Sherlock Charitable Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $113,990 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Sherlock Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Health (22%), Education (11%).
- Who are Sherlock Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Sherlock Charitable Foundation ($57k), Sherlock Family Foundation ($57k), Calvary Fund Inc ($50k).
- Does Sherlock Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sherlock Charitable 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 Sherlock Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sherlock Family Foundation, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Shack Sackler Foundation.
- Where is Sherlock Charitable Foundation based?
- Sherlock Charitable Foundation is based in CT.
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