Connecticut · Private foundation
Sherlock Family Foundation
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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 26
- Grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 21
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $440k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Sherlock Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $51k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $38k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $32k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
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, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Als Angels Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $11,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Aspetuck Land Trust | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bj Ryans Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Weston Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Weston Warm-Up Fund Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Weston Education Foundation Inc | $3,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Als Angels Inc | $13,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $11,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Filling in the Blanks Inc | $9,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Aspetuck Land Trust | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mid-Fairfield Child Guidance Center Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Bj Ryans Foundation Inc | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Weston Historical Society Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Weston Warm-Up Fund Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Weston Education Foundation Inc | $3,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Norwalk Education Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Boomer Esiason Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Botanical Garden | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Justice Ventures International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Parkinson's Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Divided Sky Foundation Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Operation Hope of Fairfield Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Weston Community Fund Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sherlock Family 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 Charitable Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Fernwood Foundation · The Shack Sackler Foundation · Newman's Own Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Mutual of America Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Sherlock Family Foundation
- How much does Sherlock Family Foundation give?
- Sherlock Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $50,900 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 21 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Sherlock Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Human Services (16%).
- Who are Sherlock Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Als Angels Inc ($13k), Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation ($12k), Filling in the Blanks Inc ($10k).
- Does Sherlock Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sherlock Family 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 Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sherlock Charitable Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Fernwood Foundation.
- Where is Sherlock Family Foundation based?
- Sherlock Family Foundation is based in CT.
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