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Sigmon Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Sigmon Family Charitable 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.

$376k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$362kHealth$337kInternational$86kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kYouth Development$35kPhilanthropy$13kHousing & Shelter$11kPublic Benefit$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $308k
$3,189
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH$120,000
SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION$118,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$70,000
ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY$10,000
UNICEF$10,000
WATER ORG INC$10,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
MERCY HOUSING$7,000
HOMETOWN FOUNDATION$3,189
AMERICAN RED CROSS$3,000
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$2,500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$2,500
SAN DIEGO ZOO$2,500
FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND$2,500
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY21–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 16%SAN DIEGO ZOO: $3k → 11%UNICEF: $20k → 17%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $70k → 16%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA: $2k → 9%WATER ORG INC: $10k → 15%SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS: $3k → 7%MAKE-A-WISH: $1k → 9%SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $118k → 11%HOMETOWN FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 16%UNICEF: $10k → 17%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $60k → 16%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $5k → 14%WATER ORG INC: $10k → 15%SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS: $1k → 7%SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%HOMETOWN FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 16%CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $5k → 17%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $60k → 16%WATER ORG INC: $10k → 15%SHORELINE SOUP KITCHENS: $1k → 7%SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $75k → 11%HOMETOWN FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY: $5k → 16%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $3k → 17%CLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $1k → 16%WATER ORG INC: $5k → 15%SAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $3k → 17%WATER ORG INC: $5k → 15%FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND: $3k → 7%SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL: $5k → 11%UNICEF USA: $5k → 17%LYNDE POINT LAND TRUST: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF ST JOSEPH: $120k → 11%UNICEF USA: $5k → 17%FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND: $2k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $50k → 11%ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $3k → 17%FENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND: $2k → 7%MERCY HOUSING: $7k → 11%MERCY HOUSING: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2k → 7%MERCY HOUSING: $1k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
CT
CA
MO
AZ
SC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$885k · 16 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
3

Total granted

$885k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+9%

Still filing today

69%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalHealthPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureHuman 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH
    3× · 2022–2025 · $171k · revenue +9%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    4× · 2021–2025 · $40k · revenue +64%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $30k · revenue +167%

Funded once

  • CR
    CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -1%
  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +9%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Trinity Health of New England Corporation Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health of new england is a member of trinity health.

Health
2
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint francis hospital and medical center is a member of trinity…

Health
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
University of Hartford

Dedicated to learning, personal growth, knowledge creation, and the betterment of society. the university engages students in aquiring the knowledge, skills, and values necessary to thrive in and contribute to a pluralistic, complex world.

Education
6
Saint Mary's Hospital Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint mary's hospital is a member of trinity health of new…

Health
7
Unicef Usa Impact Fund for Children Inc

The unicef usa impact fund for children exists to develop and implement financial solutions to ensure every child is healthy, educated, protected, and respected. we believe truly scalable, long-term impact will only be accomplished when we…

Philanthropy
8
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
St Peter's Hospital Foundation Inc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. peter's hospital foundation is a member of st. peter's health…

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10
University of Florida Health Corporation

UF Health's mission is to promote health through outstanding and high-quality patient care, innovative and rigorous education in the health professions and biomedical sciences, and high-impact research across the spectrum of basic,…

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11
St Mary's Hospital Foundation Inc

We, trinity health of new england and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. saint mary's hospital foundation is a member of trinity health of…

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12
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Saint Joseph. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $323,000 · OtherSAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INCCLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $191,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITY+8 more: $33,868 · Other+8 moreUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $171,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF SAINT J…WATERORG: $40,274 · InternationalWATERORGUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $40,274 · InternationalUNITED STATES …WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,274 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL …MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HOMETOWN FOUNDATION INC: $7,828 · PhilanthropyFENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC: $6,500 · PhilanthropyTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $2,000 · PhilanthropyAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,500 · Human ServicesCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,274 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1,000 · HealthLYNDE POINT LAND TRUST INC: $4,000 · Community Improvement
Other$547,868Education$171,000International$115,822Arts & Culture$35,000Philanthropy$16,328Human Services$9,500Health$6,274Community Improvement$4,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $323,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH: $171,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWATERORG: $40,274 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $40,274 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $30,274 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOMETOWN FOUNDATION INC: $7,828 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFENWICK IMPROVEMENT FUND INC: $6,500 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $5,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLYNDE POINT LAND TRUST INC: $4,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF CONNECTICUT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sigmon Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sigmon Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • University of Saint Joseph: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 23 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home