Delaware · Private foundation
Sidley 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.
- $218k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Sidley Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 15 | $208k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $160k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $142k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant Legal Resource Center | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $45,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Homeboy Industries | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Campaign Legal Center Inc | $32,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aspen Center for Environmental Studies | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Center for American Progress | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| MAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sidley Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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About Sidley Family Foundation
- How much does Sidley Family Foundation give?
- Sidley Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $217,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Sidley Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Civil Rights (21%), Crime & Legal (15%).
- Who are Sidley Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Immigrant Legal Resource Center ($50k), Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project ($45k), Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($45k).
- Does Sidley Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sidley 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.
- Where is Sidley Family Foundation based?
- Sidley Family Foundation is based in DE.
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