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Sire Foundation at a glance

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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
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$205kEnvironment$83kArts & Culture$71kHealth$6kInternational$6kSocial Science$4kHousing & Shelter$3kHuman Services$2kOther$0
02FY2023 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $84,243, the rows itemized in this filing. The $109,243 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $25,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k16 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $60k
$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$623k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University Ligget School$40,000
Northeast Clean Energy Council Institute$20,000
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival$5,000
University Ligget School$4,500
Brooklyn Friends School$2,500
Friends Select School$2,500
UpSculpt$2,500
The Never Forget Fund$1,250
NYC Outward Bound School$1,000
Kijabe Children's Education Fund$1,000
Washington & Lee University$1,000
Museum of Modern Art$550
Movember$500
American Heart Association$500
Fisher House Foundation Inc.$500
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 11 repeat orgs$51k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$342k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+39%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthInternationalEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • PS
    POMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED
    4× · 2019–2023 · $37k · revenue +16%
  • Washington and Lee University
    4× · 2019–2023 · $35k · revenue +54%
  • KC
    KIJABE CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FUND INC
    3× · 2019–2023 · $6k · revenue +597%

Funded once

  • NC
    Northeast Clean Tech Open
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +39%
  • BC
    Bridgehampton Chamber Music Association
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
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.

03Its 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
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
3
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
4
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
5
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
6
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
9
The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
10
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
11
The Studio Museum in Harlem

The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…

Arts & Culture
12
Baltimore Museum of Art

The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pomfret School Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Movember Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 29 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)
17/18
Grantees still filing
12/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

University Ligget School: $104,500 · OtherUniversity Ligget SchoolNortheast Clean Energy Council Institute: $60,000 · OtherNortheast Clean Energy Council InstituteBROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL: $32,500 · OtherBROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOLNortheast Clean Tech Open: $20,000 · OtherNortheast Clean Tech Open+9 more: $14,784 · Other+9 morePOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $37,001 · EducationPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORP…Washington and Lee University: $35,250 · EducationWashington and Lee Un…+2 more: $3,500 · EducationSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC: $56,009 · Arts & CultureSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF…BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMB…UPSCULPT INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $2,867 · Arts & CultureKIJABE CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $6,000 · InternationalALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS: $3,500 · EnvironmentFAMILY PROMISE INC: $3,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$231,784Education$75,751Arts & Culture$66,376International$6,000Health$6,000Environment$3,500Housing & Shelter$3,000

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 budgetSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC: $56,009 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $37,001 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $35,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKIJABE CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FUND INC: $6,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUPSCULPT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,460 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAVE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $943 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $464 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.

Jewish Communal FundThe New York Communit…The Ford FoundationNational Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY15.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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.

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 29 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $148k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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