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Syla Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
46
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$180k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$778kHealth$506kRecreation & Sports$255kHuman Services$215kFood & Nutrition$193kArts & Culture$121kReligion$104kYouth Development$95kOther$0
02FY2024 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $1,644,963, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,189,963 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $545,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $32k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $585k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.0M
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$50M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Wilkes Community Partnership for Children$180,463
Intermountain Foundation - Primary Children's Hospital$112,500
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation$100,000
Crossnore$100,000
HRDC District IX, Inc.$75,000
Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation$60,000
Thrive$50,000
UNC College of Arts & Sciences$50,000
Neighborhood House$50,000
Avon Old Farms School$50,000
Wilkes Recovery Revolution, Inc.$50,000
Wilkes Community College Foundation Inc$50,000
US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation$50,000
Park City Community Foundation$50,000
The Other Side Academy$45,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 22 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
32

Total granted

$1.2M
$415k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+17%

Still filing today

77%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $843k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsFood & 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

  • WC
    WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2024 · $142k · revenue +21%
  • UA
    UTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +91%
  • US
    UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2024 · $95k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • WK
    WFU Kulynych/Story Family Fund
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • SO
    SPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +11%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ABILITY CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $30k · revenue +68%
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.

03Its 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 Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
2
United Children's Services of Bennington County Inc

Children's services

Human Services
3
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

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
United States Center for Safesport

With the goal of ensuring athletes within the u.s. olympic and paralympic movement of are safe, supported, and strengthened. the center: delivers comprehensive abuse prevention education within and outside of the u.s. olympic and…

Recreation & Sports
6
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
7
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
8
Fountain Valley School of Colorado

Fountain valley school of colorado provides a transformative curriculum in a supportive environment where students are challenged to think critically, become leaders, and live by our core values: courage, compassion, curiosity,…

Education
9
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
10
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.

—
11
Bosque School

To create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world.

Education
12
New West Charter School

The mission of new west charter school is to provide an academically rigorous, highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades 6 - 12. in the decades to come, personal success will require increasingly high levels of…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Wake Forest University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

52 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. 52 of the 79 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
35/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Intermountain Foundation - Primary Children's Hospital: $132,500 · OtherIntermountain Foundation - Primary Children's HospitalChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta Foundation: $125,000 · OtherChildren's Healthcare of Atlanta FoundationWFU Kulynych/Story Family Fund: $100,000 · OtherWFU Kulynych/Story Family FundCrossnore: $100,000 · OtherCrossnoreUNC College of Arts & Sciences: $100,000 · OtherUNC College of Arts & SciencesHRDC District IX, Inc.: $75,000 · OtherHRDC District IX, Inc.UTAH FOOD BANK: $55,000 · OtherTHRIVE INC: $50,000 · OtherThe Other Side Academy: $45,000 · Other+31 more: $441,600 · Other+31 moreWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $180,463 · EducationWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERS…WILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $142,184 · EducationWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE …AVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $75,000 · EducationAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INCPark City Education Foundation: $40,000 · EducationPark City Education Found…ALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DB…THE SCHENCK SCHOOL: $25,000 · Education+7 more: $68,000 · Education+7 moreUTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsUTAH ATHLE…UNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $95,000 · Recreation & SportsUNITED STA…NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsNATIONAL A…BlazeSports America Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsNeighborhood House Association: $50,000 · Human ServicesNeighborh…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $45,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA U…Encircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $40,000 · Human ServicesEncircle …SISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $33,000 · Human ServicesSISTER CA…SAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSAFEHOUSE…TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $50,000 · HealthFIRST STEP HOUSE: $25,000 · HealthSUMMIT COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $15,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 · HealthTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,000 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $2,500 · HealthCOLORADO FRIENDSHIP INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $35,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $25,000 · Food & NutritionPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 · PhilanthropyThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropySHEPHERD CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,224,100Education$560,647Recreation & Sports$240,000Human Services$208,000Health$122,500Food & Nutrition$95,000Philanthropy$80,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWILKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $180,463 over 1y, 14% of budgetWILKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $142,184 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUTAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED STATES OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAVON OLD FARMS SCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARK CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUTAH FOOD BANK: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNeighborhood House Association: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWILKES RECOVERY REVOLUTION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThe Other Side Academy: $45,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEncircle Family and Youth Resource Center: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetPark City Education Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSPECIAL OPERATORS TRANSITION FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCOLORADO FRIENDSHIP INC: $35,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSISTER CARMEN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $33,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALLEN-CHASE FOUNDATION DBA EAGLEBROOK SCHOOL: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUTREACH UNITED RESOURCE CENTER INC: $28,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFIRST STEP HOUSE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHWEST NC INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAFEHOUSE PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE FOR NONVIOLENCE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SCHENCK SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANGEL FLIGHT SOARS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe University of Tulsa: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER HOUSE DBA HAVEN RIDGE: $15,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY CLUBHOUSE: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetENGAGED LATINO PARENTS ADVANCING STUDENT OUTCOMES: $12,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWOW CHILDREN'S MUSEUM WORLD OF WONDER: $10,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBlazeSports America Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWOODWARD ACADEMY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILIES OF CHILDREN UNDER STRESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Westminster Schools Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYADKIN RIVER GREENWAY COUNCIL: $8,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSECOND WIND FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA (1361): $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCYCLE KIDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Winston-Salem Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS SCHOOL INC: $5,000 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.

The Leonard G Herring…Colorado Gives Founda…AEC TrustSorenson Legacy Found…The Community Foundat…Community Foundation …The Community Foundat…The Winston-Salem Fou…The Stone FoundationThe Denver FoundationThe Cannon Foundation…Rose Community Founda…
The Leonard G Herring Family FoundationNC19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 3 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Leonard G Herring Family Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · AEC Trust · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Community Foundation Boulder County · The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc · The Winston-Salem Foundation · The Stone Foundation · The Denver Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Rose Community 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.
04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Syla Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Syla 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 79 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.5M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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