New York · Private foundation
Sire 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.
- $109k
- Granted FY2023
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $84k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 9
- Total assets, FY2023
- $623k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations Sire Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 17 | $84k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $97k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $94k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc | $56,009 | 3 | 0% |
| Pomfret School Incorporated | $37,001 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $35,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Friends School | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kijabe Children's Educational Fund Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Promise Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends Select School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc | $56,009 | 3 | 0% |
| Pomfret School Incorporated | $37,001 | 4 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $35,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Brooklyn Friends School | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kijabe Children's Educational Fund Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgehampton Chamber Music Associates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Promise Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends Select School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Upsculpt Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $1,460 | 3 | 0% |
| Pave Academy Charter School | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $943 | 2 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Movember Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $464 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($196k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sire 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: Jewish Communal Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Ford Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sire Foundation
- How much does Sire Foundation give?
- Sire Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $84,243, out of $109,243 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Sire Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (19%), Environment (8%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Sire Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2023: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc ($56k), Pomfret School Incorporated ($37k), Washington and Lee University ($35k).
- Does Sire Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sire 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 Sire Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The New York Community Trust, The Ford Foundation.
- Where is Sire Foundation based?
- Sire Foundation is based in NY.
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