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Sutton Family Foundation at a glance

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Sutton Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$184k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Public Benefit$198kHuman Services$162kHealth$129kEducation$100kFood & Nutrition$64kEnvironment$43kArts & Culture$39kAnimals$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k36 grants · $99k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
$2,700
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES$45,000
THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE$20,000
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY$20,000
THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA$5,000
THE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM$5,000
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY NAPLES$5,000
HIGHER GROUND AT LAKE LOUISE$5,000
CHARLEVOIX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$5,000
TURNING POINT USA$5,000
AVOW HOSPICE$4,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$3,000
NAPLES CHILDREN & EDUCATION FOUNDATION$2,700
VALERIE'S HOUSE$2,700
YOUTH HAVEN$2,700
MEALS ON WHEELS$2,700
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 (FY20–25, $172k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3k → 11%SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $6k → 9%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3k → 11%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3k → 11%BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES: $45k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $3k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $3k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $3k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $2k → 10%BETTER TOGETHER: $3k → 10%LIGHTHOUSE OF COLLIER INC: $2k → 10%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $2k → 10%BETTER TOGETHER: $3k → 10%BETTER TOGETHER: $2k → 10%BETTER TOGETHER: $2k → 10%CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY NAPLES: $5k → 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $3k → 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $2k → 10%NEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $2k → 10%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $30k → 10%TEH SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $6k → 10%THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $4k → 10%NAPLES SENIOR CENTER: $3k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $4k → 10%AVOW HOSPICE: $3k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $3k → 10%GUDALUPE CENTER: $2k → 10%GUADALUPE CENTER: $2k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $3k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $3k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $3k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $3k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $2k → 10%YOUTH HAVEN: $2k → 10%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

WA
MI
NY
WY
NJ
CA
VA
MD
DE
AZ
KS
TN
DC
TX
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$789k · 49 repeat orgs$67k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
10

Total granted

$789k
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+12%

Still filing today

86%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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
Human ServicesEducationPublic BenefitHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +39%
  • TJ
    THE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $59k · revenue +78%
  • BS
    BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC
    2× · 2020–2025 · $48k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • SF
    Southwest Florida Music Education Center Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -85%
  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • IS
    INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $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
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.

—
2
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
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
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
5
South Shore Charter School

The mission of south shore charter school is to cultivate students the tenacity, integrity, and curiosity needed to become innovative and socially responsible leaders, ready to face and solve the ever-changing challenges facing our…

Education
6
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
7
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
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
Equality Florida Institute Inc

Equality florida institute is the educational arm of the largest civil rights organization in florida dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Civil Rights
10
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc

Embry-riddle is the world leader in aviation and aerospace higher education. its mission is to teach the science, practice and business of aviation and aerospace, preparing students for productive careers and leadership roles in business,…

Education
11
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

—
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Better Together. 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

56 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. 56 of the 69 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
46/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $48,000 · Human ServicesBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPL…THE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED W…YOUTH HAVEN INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesYOUTH HAVEN INCGuadalupe Center Inc: $14,500 · Human ServicesGuadalupe Center IncNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWES…ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES: $11,900 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIET…SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · Human ServicesBETTER TOGETHER: $9,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $9,000 · Human Services+4 more: $16,000 · Human Services+4 moreTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $59,000 · OtherTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBL…THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $30,000 · OtherTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDANATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS: $14,500 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $14,500 · OtherIMAGINE CHILDRENS HEALTH CENTER: $13,000 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS: $10,500 · OtherPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $32,500 · OtherPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES IN…Charlevoix County Community Foundation: $13,000 · OtherST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $14,500 · OtherSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $12,000 · Other+18 more: $77,600 · Other+18 moreFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $70,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR GOV…JUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INCMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $16,000 · Public BenefitMANHATTAN INSTITUT…THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUND…Leadership Institute: $13,000 · Public BenefitLeadership Institu…MACKINAC CENTER: $12,000 · Public BenefitMACKINAC CENTERST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $46,500 · HealthST JUDE CHI…ANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $31,500 · HealthANGEL FLIGH…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 · HealthSHRINERS HO…NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $6,000 · HealthNEIGHBORHOO…INTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $14,000 · EducationINTERCOLLE…STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $11,500 · EducationSTUDENTS F…NETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $11,000 · EducationNETWORK OF…HIGHER GROUND AT LAKE LOUISE: $10,000 · EducationHIGHER GRO…CONSTITUTING AMERICA INC: $9,500 · EducationCONSTITUTI…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $9,000 · EducationHILLSDALE …STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SI…AMERICAN BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE: $5,500 · EducationAMERICAN B…+2 more: $3,000 · EducationSouthwest Florida Music Education Center Inc: $30,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUE BOAT MUSEUM: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMEALS OF HOPE INC: $14,500 · Food & NutritionHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $14,500 · Food & NutritionOUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED: $9,000 · Food & NutritionFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $4,100 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$196,400Other$291,100Public Benefit$147,000Health$93,000Education$80,500Arts & Culture$50,000Food & Nutrition$42,100

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 budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JAMES MADISON INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES INC: $59,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetBAKER SENIOR CENTER NAPLES INC: $48,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $46,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPATTY BAKER HUMANE SOCIETY NAPLES INC: $32,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT WEST INC: $31,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSouthwest Florida Music Education Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES AND ALUMNI: $15,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST MATTHEWS HOUSE INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS OF HOPE INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH HAVEN INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HORIZONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $14,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINTERCOLLEGIATE STUDIES INSTITUTE INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCharlevoix County Community Foundation: $13,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $12,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY NAPLES: $11,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNETWORK OF ENLIGHTENED WOMEN INC: $11,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHER GROUND AT LAKE LOUISE: $10,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCONSTITUTING AMERICA INC: $9,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALERIE'S HOUSE INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED: $9,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAVOW Hospice Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY OF NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFEED THY NEIGHBOR: $4,100 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCollier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOUTWARD BOUND INC: $3,000 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.

Collier Community Fou…The League Club IncThe Richard M Schulze…Donors Trust IncEmpty Bowls of Naples…Clark Family Foundati…Adolph Coors Foundati…Bradley Impact Fund I…Publix Super Markets …The Armstrong Foundat…The Dunn FoundationCarol B Phelon Founda…
Collier Community Foundation IncFL31.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · The League Club Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Empty Bowls of Naples Inc · Clark Family Foundation Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · The Armstrong Foundation · The Dunn Foundation · Carol B Phelon 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 Sutton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sutton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Christ Child Society of Naples Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Valerie's House Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Youth Haven Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • Guadalupe Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Avow Hospice Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 69 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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The unnamed billions
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The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home