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Sullivan Family Foundation Foundation at a glance

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Sullivan Family Foundation 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.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$664kHealth$111kPublic Benefit$103kEducation$102kHuman Services$52kYouth Development$29kEnvironment$21kPhilanthropy$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $1k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$111k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE$100,000
GASPARILLA ISLAND CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION$10,000
WALLOON LAKE COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION$1,000
BOCA GRANDE WOMEN'S CLUB$11
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES: $500 → 11%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $10k → 20%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $10k → 20%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $10k → 20%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
CO
AR
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$999k · 18 repeat orgs$125k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
24

Total granted

$999k
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+27%

Still filing today

72%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureOther
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

  • RR
    ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH
    7× · 2017–2024 · $662k · revenue +73%
  • SC
    SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK
    2× · 2017–2019 · $30k · revenue +4%
  • GW
    GRAHAM WINDHAM
    3× · 2017–2023 · $30k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • RI
    Rehabilitation Institute of Chicagograduated
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +31%
  • YG
    Youth Guidancegraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $27k · revenue +121%
  • EV
    EAGLE VAILLEY COMMMUNITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper Inc

In 2024, biscayne bay waterkeeper (d/b/a miami waterkeeper) built on our reputation by navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and continuing our unwavering commitment to safeguarding our precious waterways and finding local…

Environment
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Mote Marine Laboratory Inc

The advancement of marine and environmental sciences through scientific research, education and public outreach, leading new discoveries, revitalization and sustainability of our oceans and greater public understanding of our marine…

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5
Florida Conservation Group Inc

Mission is to seek protection of land and water resources through restoration and conservation; and conducting education and outreach on the ecological and economic importance of natural lands. we protect land from development and protect…

Environment
6
Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc

Together with our donors, we transform our region through bold and proactive philanthropy.

Philanthropy
7
Galapagos Conservancy Inc

Our organization's mission is "conserving galpagos for nature and community," which we realize by saving imperiled species, restoring ecosystems, and building a more sustainable society in the galapagos archipelago.

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8
Archbold Expeditions Inc

Archbold expeditions, inc.'s mission is to build and share the scientific knowledge needed to protect the life, lands, and waters of the heart of florida and beyond.

Unclassified
9
Gulf Conservation Alliance

Our purpose is to protect and preserve the charlotte harbor/pine island sound estuary system. the culturally and economically important fishery that depends upon this ecosystem is under threat, and new conservation measures are urgently…

Environment
10
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

—
11
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
12
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bissell Pet Foundation. 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

26 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. 26 of the 46 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $662,414 · Recreation & SportsROUNDUP RIVER RANCH+1 more: $500 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDE: $102,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF BOCA GRANDEYALE UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYYALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT: $31,000 · OtherYALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTEAGLE VAILLEY COMMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherEAGLE VAILLEY COMMMUNITY F…GICIA: $11,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · Other+20 more: $37,030 · Other+20 moreRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $50,000 · HealthRehabilit…SERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $30,260 · HealthSERIOUSFU…BOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 · HealthBOCA GRAN…+1 more: $1,000 · HealthEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $15,000 · PhilanthropyBISSELL Pet Foundation: $3,037 · Philanthropy+2 more: $630 · PhilanthropyGRAHAM WINDHAM: $30,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesYouth Guidance: $27,000 · Education+1 more: $613 · EducationGASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN: $15,010 · Environment+4 more: $1,473 · Environment
Recreation & Sports$662,914Other$271,530Health$96,260Philanthropy$38,667Human Services$30,500Education$27,613Environment$16,483

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $662,414 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetRehabilitation Institute of Chicago: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERIOUSFUN CHILDREN'S NETWORK: $30,260 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Guidance: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetGASPARILLA ISL CONSER & IMPROVE ASSN: $15,010 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HEALTH CLINIC FNDTN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBOCA GRANDE WOMAN'S CLUB INC: $8,183 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetROYAL PALM PLAYERS INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetBISSELL Pet Foundation: $3,037 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJOHANN FUST LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $2,024 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUNCOAST HUMANE SOCIETYINC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Boca Grande Preschool Inc: $613 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLEDGELING FOUNDATION: $525 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc: $517 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRIER ISLAND PARKS SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF POSSIBILITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA GRANDE HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOS OUTREACH: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR GOOD: $378 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY OUTWARD BOUND CENTER INC DBA NYC OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOLS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIP OF THE MITT WATERSHED COUNCIL: $206 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SARASOTA CO INC: $105 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.

Gulf Coast Community …Carbonari Family Foun…Sweet Peas FoundationThe George and Carol …Vick Foundation IncIa Lenoir Charitable …Akron Community Found…The Joanne E Masin Fo…Howe Family FoundationThe Margetts Foundati…Linda & Barry Allen F…Lilly Endowment Inc
Gulf Coast Community Foundation IncFL23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Carbonari Family Foundation · Sweet Peas Foundation · The George and Carol Milne Foundation · Vick Foundation Inc · Ia Lenoir Charitable Tr · Akron Community Foundation · The Joanne E Masin Foundation · Howe Family Foundation · The Margetts Foundation · Linda & Barry Allen Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc

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 Sullivan Family Foundation Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sullivan Family Foundation Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 76%
  • House of Possibilities Inc: 76% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 46 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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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
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By state
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