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Sullivan Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$332k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
37
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
10%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 52
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$6.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Sullivan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving37$332k8%
FY202341$378k10%
FY202249$431k10%
FY202152$411k35%
FY202047$309k32%
FY201937$192k100%
FY20172$7kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$686kEducation$282kPublic Safety & Disaster$167kHuman Services$109kFood & Nutrition$102kPhilanthropy$101kEnvironment$100kInternational$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Sullivan Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$75,00060%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$75,00050%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$47,00050%
Conservation Lands Foundation$45,00040%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$42,00040%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$40,00040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$37,00060%
Smile Train Inc$37,00060%
Mercy Flight Inc$28,00060%
Team Rubicon Inc$25,00020%
Kaleida Health Foundation$24,00030%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$23,50050%
Kent State University$23,3143n/a
Prostate Cancer Foundation$20,00020%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$20,00020%
Charity Navigator$20,00040%
Orlando Union Rescue Mission Inc$20,00040%
Motion Project Foundation Inc$20,00042%
Feedmore Western New York Inc$18,50030%
Friends of Night People Inc$15,00030%
American Foundation for the Blind Inc$15,00030%
Eden Community Foundation$15,0003n/a
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$15,00020%
Pioneer Camp and Retreat Center Inc$13,0003n/a
South Buffalo Community Table Inc$12,00044%
Eden Historical Society$12,0003n/a
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$10,00010%
Feeding the Gulf Coast$10,00010%
Environmental Health Coalition$10,00010%
Buffalo Prep Inc$10,00020%
Operation Warrior Wishes$9,00043%
Edgewater United Methodist Church$6,5001n/a
Feed Iowa First$5,00011%
Hugs Foundation Inc$5,00011%
St John's University New York$5,00010%
Excalibur Leisure Skills Center$5,00015%
Hospice Foundation of Wny Inc$5,00010%
Eden Emergency Squad Inc$3,00011%
The American Legion$2,00010%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$1,50010%
Friends of the Family Inc$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sullivan Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $75,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $75,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $47,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Lands Foundation: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $42,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $37,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Flight Inc: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKaleida Health Foundation: $24,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOrlando Union Rescue Mission Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMotion Project Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFeedmore Western New York Inc: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Night People Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Foundation for the Blind Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Buffalo Community Table Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding the Gulf Coast: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Health Coalition: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuffalo Prep Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOperation Warrior Wishes: $9,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetFeed Iowa First: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHugs Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSt John's University New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetExcalibur Leisure Skills Center: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetHospice Foundation of Wny Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEden Emergency Squad Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Family Philanthropy Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo IncNY15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · Verizon Foundation · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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How do I get to Sullivan Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sullivan Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Sullivan Family Foundation

How much does Sullivan Family Foundation give?
Sullivan Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $332,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 52 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sullivan Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (8%).
Who are Sullivan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc ($75k), The Shriners' Hospital for Children ($75k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($47k).
Does Sullivan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sullivan 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 Sullivan Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc, Verizon Foundation, Network for Good.
Where is Sullivan Family Foundation based?
Sullivan Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 85 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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