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Sussman Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$235k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
43
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$26,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 51
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$404k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Sussman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureInternationalHealthCivil RightsEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
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
FY2025still arriving46$235k9%
FY202443$197k7%
FY202343$195k12%
FY202243$198k7%
FY202151$206k37%
FY202039$181k36%
FY201930$89k40%
FY201822$76k45%
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$463kEducation$275kArts & Culture$194kCivil Rights$127kCrime & Legal$82kEnvironment$47kFood & Nutrition$44kRecreation & Sports$36kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CA
UT
VA
MD
NC
DC
LA
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of Sussman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Christel House International Inc$84,50070%
Foundation for Morristown Medical Center$68,50060%
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc$67,50050%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$60,00070%
Planned Parenthood of Northern Central and Southern New Jersey Inc$40,00050%
New York Historical Society$36,50060%
Centurion Ministries Inc$32,50090%
The Actors' Fund of America$32,50080%
Equal Justice Initiative$30,00030%
New York City Ballet Inc$28,24350%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$26,50060%
Anti-Defamation League$20,00090%
The Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc$20,00030%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$19,50060%
New York Botanical Garden$16,37570%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$15,50050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$14,50030%
Americans United for Separation of Church and State$14,00060%
Best Friends Animal Society$13,50080%
Children's Rights Inc$13,50080%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$13,00050%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$13,00050%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$12,50070%
Voteriders$12,50030%
Friends of the High Line Inc$12,50050%
Hias Inc$12,50070%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$10,50040%
Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc$10,00060%
National Wildlife Federation$9,00070%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$9,00090%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$8,00050%
The Seeing Eye Inc$6,00030%
Grounds for Sculpture Inc$5,40040%
Fair Elections Center$5,0001n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$5,00010%
The Voter Participation Center$5,00010%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$5,00010%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$5,00010%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$5,00020%
Raritan Headwaters Association$5,00050%
Overlook Foundation$5,00010%
Feeding America$4,50030%
American Museum of Natural History$4,50010%
Yellowstone Forever$4,00040%
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$3,00020%
Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance$3,00020%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$3,00010%
Film at Lincoln Center Inc$3,0001n/a
Mayor's Alliance for Nyc's Animals Inc$2,50030%
New Jersey Forestry Association Inc$2,50051%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$2,00020%
Student Press Law Center$1,00010%
Hispanic Federation Inc$1,00010%
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc$1,00020%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$1,00010%
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$1,00010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Arts Ignite Inc$1,00010%
Human Rights Watch Inc$1,00010%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$50010%
Chai Center for Jewish Life Inc$1001n/a
Bedminster Pba Local #366 Inc$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($552k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChristel House International Inc: $84,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Morristown Medical Center: $68,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Action Fund Inc: $67,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $60,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Northern Central and Southern New Jersey Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $36,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCenturion Ministries Inc: $32,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $32,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $28,243 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $26,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $20,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc: $20,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc: $19,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Botanical Garden: $16,375 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Park Conservancy Inc: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmericans United for Separation of Church and State: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBest Friends Animal Society: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Rights Inc: $13,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVoteriders: $12,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the High Line Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHias Inc: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam J Brennan Center for Justice Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlvin Ailey Dance Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $9,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Conservancy Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Seeing Eye Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrounds for Sculpture Inc: $5,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRaritan Headwaters Association: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOverlook Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease Research Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetElaine Kaufman Cultural Center Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMayor's Alliance for Nyc's Animals Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNew Jersey Forestry Association Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 1.0% 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 58.

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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.

Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY16× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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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About Sussman Family Foundation

How much does Sussman Family Foundation give?
Sussman Family Foundation reported 46 grants totaling $235,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sussman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Sussman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Christel House International Inc ($85k), Foundation for Morristown Medical Center ($69k), Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc ($68k).
Does Sussman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sussman Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sussman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, Verizon Foundation.
Where is Sussman Family Foundation based?
Sussman Family Foundation is based in NJ.

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 93 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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