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Susman and Asher Foundation at a glance

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Susman and Asher 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Religion$270kRecreation & Sports$125kEducation$121kHealth$58kArts & Culture$35kSocial Science$32kPublic Benefit$5kInternational$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Johns Hopkins University$80,000
02The need
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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 (FY21–21, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
CA
CO
MD
DC
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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$377k · 16 repeat orgs$274k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
10

Total granted

$377k
$274k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+95%

Still filing today

88%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPublic BenefitHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • Northwestern University
    2× · 2020–2021 · $125k · revenue +33%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $90k · revenue +1%
  • OR
    OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $35k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • OR
    OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $200k · revenue +226%
  • OR
    OCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $14k
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.

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United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
5
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
6
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
7
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
8
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
9
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
10
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Revolution Workshop. 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

22 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. 22 of the 28 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · OtherOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INCOCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTER: $50,000 · OtherOCEAN REEF MEDICAL CENTERTHE PROTESTANT CONGREGATION OF OCEAN REEF INC: $35,000 · OtherTHE PROTESTANT CONGREGATION OF OCEAN REEF INCKENILWORTH UNION CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherKENILWORTH UNION CHURCHHudson Institute Inc: $31,000 · OtherHudson Institute IncJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $13,500 · Other+7 more: $6,140 · OtherNorthwestern University: $125,000 · Recreation & SportsNorthwestern Universi…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $90,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVE…Cornell University: $7,000 · EducationCornell UniversitySTREET BUSINESS SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationSRCC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,500 · Education+2 more: $5,600 · EducationOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthErikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression: $1,500 · HealthCATO INSTITUTE: $2,500 · Public BenefitWIREPOINTS CORP: $1,700 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $750 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $500 · Public BenefitBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $3,000 · Animals
Other$370,640Recreation & Sports$125,000Education$112,100Arts & Culture$35,000Health$5,500Public Benefit$5,450Animals$3,000

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 budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetNorthwestern University: $125,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHudson Institute Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSRCC SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $4,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWIREPOINTS CORP: $1,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetErikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALLENDALE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREVOLUTION WORKSHOP: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $190 over 2y, 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.

The Chicago Community…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Chicago Community TrustIL13.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Susman and Asher Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susman and Asher Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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How do I get to Susman and Asher Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Susman and Asher 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.

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 28 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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