New York · Private foundation
Sykes Family 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.
- $3.3M
- Granted FY2021
- 21
- Grants FY2021
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
77% of Sykes Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Sykes Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 11 organizations, $3M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,005,000
- States reached, FY2021
- 10
- Total assets, FY2021
- $17M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard-Westlake School | $500,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Marlborough School | $500,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission | $400,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Community Initiatives | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation | $175,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Madrinas | $63,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Target Als Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Policylink | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Council on International Policy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 42 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sykes Family Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Sykes Family Foundation
- How much does Sykes Family Foundation give?
- Sykes Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $3,326,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing.
- What does Sykes Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Recreation & Sports (5%), Health (5%).
- Who are Sykes Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Harvard-Westlake School ($500k), The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation ($500k), Marlborough School ($500k).
- Does Sykes Family Foundation 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 Sykes Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Sykes Family Foundation based?
- Sykes Family Foundation is based in NY.
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