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Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$161k
Granted FY2024still arriving
43
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$52k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$165kYouth Development$87kRecreation & Sports$77kHuman Services$66kFood & Nutrition$30kPublic Safety & Disaster$27kPhilanthropy$25kEducation$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k41 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $52k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$82k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE CAPITAL REGION$51,571
HOOD'S HOUSE OF HOOPS$10,305
BEST BUDDIES INTERNATIONAL INC$7,500
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF NEW YORK$6,025
MOM STARTS HERE$5,501
MR MO PROJECT$5,000
LIFESONG INC$5,000
YOUNG PARENTS UNITED$5,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$5,000
KELLY'S ANGELS INC$5,000
GIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION$4,959
ALBANY PRIDE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC$4,100
STRIDE ADAPTIVE SPORTS$3,500
PRIDE CENTER OF THE CAPITAL REGION$3,500
UNITED WAY$3,500
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 (FY17–24, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%IN FLIGHT INC: $250 → 9%OUR COMMUNITY CARES INC: $3k → 11%NIGHT OUT FOR YOU INCORPORATED: $5k → 14%OUR COMMUNITY CARES INC: $1k → 11%BETHESDA HOUSE: $1k → 12%LIFESONG INC: $5k → 7%COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC: $3k → 9%BETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $600 → 12%MOM STARTS HERE: $6k → 11%MOM STARTS HERE: $5k → 11%YOUNG PARENTS UNITED: $5k → 12%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $3k → 12%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $3k → 12%NIGHT OUT FOR YOU INCORPORATED: $1k → 14%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $2k → 12%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $1k → 12%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $1k → 12%CARTER'S CREW: $1k → 14%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $1k → 12%CARTER'S CREW: $1k → 14%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $1k → 12%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $1k → 12%THINGS OF MY VERY OWN: $850 → 12%YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $692 → 12%BRING ON THE SPECTRUM INC: $5k → 14%SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES: $2k → 14%SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1k → 14%SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES: $1k → 14%COLONIE SENIOR SERVICES CENTER: $1k → 14%SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES INC: $1k → 14%CAPITAL DISTRICT YMCA: $575 → 14%BRING ON THE SPECTRUM INC: $3k → 14%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.
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$509k · 51 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

51 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

51
64

Total granted

$509k
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+37%

Still filing today

71%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHousing & 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

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ALBANY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $94k · revenue +50%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $51k · revenue +414%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $26k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • BD
    BLACK DIAMONDS ACADEMIC SUCCESS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +153%
  • SP
    ST PAUL'S CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +75%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
Central New York Quest Inc

Central ny quest has been established to serve the needs of persons with intellectual, developmental and mental health disorders in the central new york region.

Human Services
2
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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3
Accesscny Inc

Accesscny offers personcentered services that empower individuals of all ages and abilities to reach their full potential as part of our shared community. services are provided with dedication, compassion, innovation, and commitment. the…

Health
4
Unity House of Cayuga County Inc

Unity house's mission is to empower and enrich the lives of people in recovery, coping with a mental illness, and/or diagnosed with a developmental disability. this is accomplished by offering supports and services in an inclusive,…

Health
5
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
6
Brooklyn Community Housing and Services

To provide short term, transitional and permanent housing, homelessness prevention, personalized case management, mental health care, on-site nursing, vocational training, substance abuse counseling, recreational activities and other vital…

Human Services
7
Transitional Services of New York Inc

The agency operates community residences and supported housing programs and provides other outpatient, vocational rehabilitation & clinical services to individuals with mental illness.

Human Services
8
Hospitality House Tc Inc

To provide person-centered recovery programs and compassionate care in a home-like environment.

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9
The Albany Damien Center Inc

The albany damien center inc.'s mission is to enhance the lives of people impacted by hiv, mental health, and homelessness in a safe, inclusive environment. our vision is a more equitable community, where people achieve their desired…

Human Services
10
Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc

The center for independence of the disabled, new york's goal is to ensure full integration, independence and equal opportunity for all people with disabilities by removing barriers to the social, economic, cultural and civic life of the…

Human Services
11
Apropos Housing Opportunities and Mgmt Enterprises Inc

A-home is a not-for-profit organization that strengthens northern westchester neighborhoods by providing residents a safe and affordable place to live.

Housing & Shelter
12
Aim Services Inc

Aim is dedicated to supporting the "power of potential" in people of diverse abilities. through community based services, advocacy and education, dedicated professionals support people in achieving personal goals while promoting self…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Catherine's Center for Children; the most unlike its peers is Hatsgiving Inc. 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

79 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. 79 of the 129 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
75/79
Grantees still filing
58/79
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOOD'S HOUSE OF HOOPS: $29,349 · OtherHOOD'S HOUSE OF HOOPSSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $26,416 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INCAMERICAN RED CROSS: $24,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSUNITED WAY: $14,746 · OtherUNITED WAYBEST BUDDIES: $10,000 · OtherVETERANS & COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION: $12,938 · OtherAlbany Pride Hockey Association Inc: $10,950 · Other+78 more: $146,257 · Other+78 moreRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ALBANY INC: $94,193 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE A…ALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $18,290 · HealthALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTE…KELLY'S ANGELS INC: $5,000 · Health+7 more: $8,500 · Health+7 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $50,900 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…GIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $7,459 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INC OF …PERFECT TEN AFTER SCHOOL INC: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentPERFECT TEN A…BLACK DIAMONDS ACADEMIC SUCCESS INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLACK DIAMOND…+2 more: $1,995 · Youth DevelopmentMOM STARTS HERE INC: $10,501 · Human ServicesMOM STARTS H…YWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $8,129 · Human ServicesYWCA OF SCHE…Bring on the Spectrum Inc: $8,000 · Human ServicesBring on the…NIGHT OUT FOR YOU INCORPORATED: $6,000 · Human ServicesNIGHT OUT FO…THINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $5,510 · Human ServicesTHINGS OF MY…LIFESONG INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIFESONG INCYOUNG PARENTS UNITED INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG PARENT…SECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesSECOND CHANC…OUR COMMUNITY CARES INC: $3,748 · Human ServicesOUR COMMUNIT…COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC: $2,500 · Human Services+6 more: $7,025 · Human Services+6 moreThe RED Bookshelf Inc: $13,156 · EducationCITY MISSION INC: $10,770 · EducationSOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TRAINING CENTER INC: $2,729 · EducationHUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationSCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,750 · Education+1 more: $350 · EducationREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $14,880 · Food & NutritionSHALOM FOOD PANTRY INC: $6,000 · Food & NutritionCONCERNED FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $4,000 · Food & NutritionSOUL FIRE FARM INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $700 · Food & NutritionBest Buddies International Inc: $22,500 · International
Other$274,656Health$125,983Youth Development$72,354Human Services$65,913Education$31,255Food & Nutrition$26,580International$22,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE ALBANY INC: $94,193 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $50,900 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $26,416 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY MED HEALTH SYSTEM: $18,290 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK INC: $14,880 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe RED Bookshelf Inc: $13,156 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetVETERANS & COMMUNITY HOUSING COALITION: $12,938 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCITY MISSION INC: $10,770 over 6y, 23% of budgetMOM STARTS HERE INC: $10,501 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetMOHAWK & HUDSON RIVER HUMANE SOCIETY: $8,576 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA OF SCHENECTADY: $8,129 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE INC OF SCHENECTADY: $8,096 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetBring on the Spectrum Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetFRANKLIN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INC OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION: $7,459 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPERFECT TEN AFTER SCHOOL INC: $7,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetSTRIDE Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNIGHT OUT FOR YOU INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE CHARLTON SCHOOL: $5,540 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHINGS OF MY VERY OWN INC: $5,510 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetKELLY'S ANGELS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetLIFESONG INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK DIAMONDS ACADEMIC SUCCESS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetYOUNG PARENTS UNITED INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMR MO PROJECT SENIOR DOG RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNED FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetOUR COMMUNITY CARES INC: $3,748 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetCAPITAL DISTRICT GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST BALDRICK'S FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND TRAINING CENTER INC: $2,729 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC: $2,720 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL'S CENTER INC: $2,691 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAPITAL ROOTS INC: $2,514 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL DISTRICT RECOVERY CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALBANY POLICE AND FIRE FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 72% of budgetCOMMUNITY BASED SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE'S CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOSEPH'S HOUSE AND SHELTER INC: $2,493 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING ON LOVE INC: $2,017 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCARTERS CREW CORP: $2,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetYWCA OF THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION INC: $1,879 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCHENECTADY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBETHESDA HOUSE OF SCHENECTADY INC: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL PROTECTIVE FOUNDATION OF SCHENECTADY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Community Foundat…Price Chopper's Golub…Capital District Phys…Capital Communication…Pioneer Bank Charitab…Mvp Health Plan IncUnited Way of the Gre…The Troy Savings Bank…William Gundry Brough…Review FoundationNeil Jane William Est…JM McDonald Foundatio…
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region IncNY82.9× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region Inc · Price Chopper's Golub Foundation · Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Inc · Capital Communications Cares Foundation · Pioneer Bank Charitable Foundation · Mvp Health Plan Inc · United Way of the Greater Capital Region · The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Fo · William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation Inc · Review Foundation · Neil Jane William Estelle Golub Family Foundation Inc · JM McDonald Foundation 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 Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sunmark Charitable Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 129 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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