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Sullivan Family Fund

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.

$399k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
73
Grants FY2024
95
Organizations funded FY2023
38%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$105,000
Organizations funded a year
61 to 95
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$791k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Sullivan Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving71$364k28%
FY202395$211k38%
FY202281$241k42%
FY202178$168k41%
FY202090$197k39%
FY201984$211k52%
FY201861$166k34%
FY201772$188kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$546kArts & Culture$423kYouth Development$196kPhilanthropy$196kHealth$105kEnvironment$66kReligion$61kEmployment$54kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
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MI
NY
MA
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OH
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CA
CO
KY
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MD
DE
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OK
AL
GA
TX
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 139 grantees
All grantees of Sullivan Family Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc$199,51570%
University School$186,15570%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$147,75270%
Hathaway Brown School$126,44580%
Urban Community School$110,51551%
Playhouse Square Foundation$97,99880%
Two Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique$48,85081%
United Way of Greater Cleveland$43,00040%
Achieve Tahoe$36,13581%
Cleveland Museum of Art$34,46080%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$25,00030%
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe$22,94871%
John Carroll University$22,30050%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges$20,00040%
Cleveland Ballet$19,55051%
Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center$12,60055%
The Lord's Place Inc$11,85050%
Delaware Center for Justice$9,70050%
American Foreign Policy Council$7,00060%
The Musical Arts Association$6,60020%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$6,00050%
Piano International Assoc of Northern Oh$5,50020%
Vocational Guidance Services$5,25060%
Foundcare Inc$5,10010%
Palm Beach Navy Seal Evening of Tribute Inc$4,5001n/a
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$4,50040%
Lifeact$4,05240%
Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland$4,00070%
Metro Catholic Parish School$3,9005n/a
Delaware Shakespeare Festival Inc$3,69250%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$3,35060%
Diocese of Palm Beach$3,2308n/a
University Circle Incorporated$3,00020%
Yale University$2,8506n/a
Mobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks$2,76030%
Magnolia Clubhouse Inc$2,75820%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$2,50020%
Wilmington Friends School Inc$2,5004n/a
The First Tee of Cleveland$2,15030%
Claflin University$2,00010%
Flashes of Hope$2,00010%
Cornell University$2,00010%
Land Studio Inc$1,80070%
The Challenge Program Inc$1,75050%
Hopewell$1,75030%
Literacy Delaware$1,74040%
St Marys Church$1,5054n/a
Beech Brook$1,50020%
Hope Ignites Cincinnati$1,50020%
Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School$1,50010%
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology$1,50010%
Hairtostay$1,50020%
Bolivian Quaker Education Fund Inc$1,40030%
Sisters of Notre Dame$1,3004n/a
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$1,30040%
Children and Families First$1,28040%
Bluecoats Inc$1,20020%
Cleveland Restoration Society Inc$1,15040%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Tahoe Food Hub$1,00010%
Latino Action Alliance Inc$1,00011%
The Hunting Valley Foundation$1,00011%
Catholic Charities Corporation$1,00010%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$1,00010%
Urban Youth Impact Inc$1,00020%
Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc$1,00010%
Rhonda's Kiss$1,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland$1,00010%
North Carolina Outward Bound School$1,00010%
Delaware Art Museum Inc$90020%
City Mission$9004n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$90050%
Freire Foundation$70020%
Food Bank of Delaware Inc$65020%
Malachi House Inc$60010%
The Musical Theater Project Inc$55030%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$51320%
Dorset Historical Society$50030%
Flying Horse Farms$50020%
Yale University$5001n/a
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$50010%
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery$50010%
Friends of Metro Parks$50011%
Sunday Breakfast Mission$45620%
American Heart Association Inc$40010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$40030%
Church of the Gesu$4001n/a
Tahoe School of Music$37520%
Cleveland Art Association$35020%
Lakeview Cemetery Foundation$35020%
Whyy Inc$32010%
St Josephs Indian School$3001n/a
The Esselstyn Family Foundation Inc$30020%
The Ministry of Caring Inc$30020%
The Choir School of Delaware Inc$30020%
American Indian College Fund$30020%
Case Western Reserve University$30010%
The Farm School Inc$25010%
Friends of Hildene Inc$25010%
St Labre Indian School$2002n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc$20010%
Equal Justice Initiative$20010%
The Cleveland Police Foundation$20010%
New Directions Inc$20010%
Macalester College$20010%
Mercy Ships International$20010%
Tidewell Hospice Inc$20010%
Hospice of Northwest Ohio$20010%
Camfed USA Foundation$20010%
University of Delaware$20010%
Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association Inc$20020%
Kennett Area Community Service$20010%
Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Inc$19410%
The Garden Club of Palm Beach Inc$15010%
American Diabetes Association$15010%
Shelburne Museum Inc$12510%
The Cedars Foundation Inc$10010%
Cleveland Society for the Blind$10010%
Doan Brook Watershed Partnership$10010%
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$10010%
The Garden Club of America$10010%
Friends of Wabun Dba Wabun Foundation$1001n/a
Youth Challenge$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%
Brandywine Baroque Inc$10010%
Delaware Library Association$751n/a
Police Benevolent Foundation Inc$7520%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$5010%
The Navigators$501n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$5010%
Finca International Inc$5010%
Truckee Tahoe Swim Team$5010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$5010%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$5010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3510%
Red Cloud Renewable$2510%
Troopers for a Safer Ohio$2010%
Fraternal Order of Police 25 Western Cuyahoga Lodge$2010%
Cops Kids & K-9s$2010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 155 recipients with no EIN on record ($425k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc: $199,515 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity School: $186,155 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $147,752 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHathaway Brown School: $126,445 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUrban Community School: $110,515 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $97,998 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTwo Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique: $48,850 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cleveland: $43,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAchieve Tahoe: $36,135 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $34,460 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHumane Society of Truckee-Tahoe: $22,948 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $22,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHobart and William Smith Colleges: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Ballet: $19,550 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCleveland Psychoanalytic Center: $12,600 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetThe Lord's Place Inc: $11,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDelaware Center for Justice: $9,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Foreign Policy Council: $7,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $6,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPiano International Assoc of Northern Oh: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetVocational Guidance Services: $5,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFoundcare Inc: $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Society of the Four Arts Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLifeact: $4,052 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHunger Network of Greater Cleveland: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDelaware Shakespeare Festival Inc: $3,692 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $3,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity Circle Incorporated: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks: $2,760 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMagnolia Clubhouse Inc: $2,758 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe First Tee of Cleveland: $2,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetClaflin University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlashes of Hope: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLand Studio Inc: $1,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Challenge Program Inc: $1,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHopewell: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy Delaware: $1,740 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBeech Brook: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHope Ignites Cincinnati: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCristo Rey Brooklyn High School: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Center for Arts and Technology: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHairtostay: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBolivian Quaker Education Fund Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $1,300 over 4y, 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 124.

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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.

The Cleveland FoundationOH53.4× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · The Catherine L & Edward a Lozick Foundation · Third Federal Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · B Charles and Jay G Ames 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 Fund?

Find your warmest path to Sullivan Family Fund 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 Fund

How much does Sullivan Family Fund give?
Sullivan Family Fund reported 73 grants totaling $398,635 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 95 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sullivan Family Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Arts & Culture (22%), Youth Development (10%).
Who are Sullivan Family Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Inc ($200k), University School ($186k), President and Fellows of Middlebury College ($148k).
Does Sullivan Family Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sullivan Family Fund 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 Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Lozick Family Foundation.
Where is Sullivan Family Fund based?
Sullivan Family Fund is based in FL.

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 299 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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