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The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$55k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
23
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$700k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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 arriving22$53k32%
FY202418$44k11%
FY202328$49k21%
FY202225$50k28%
FY202128$50k32%
FY202022$51k27%
FY201925$37k16%
FY201830$38k40%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$103kEducation$60kArts & Culture$52kFood & Nutrition$34kCrime & Legal$26kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kHousing & Shelter$16kCivil Rights$13kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
CA
VA
AR
TN
NC
DC
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.

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All grantees of The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$57,00060%
Porch Inc$31,000948%
Roanoke College$23,50070%
Durham Nativity School Inc$22,00060%
World Central Kitchen Inc$15,50060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$15,00070%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$14,50070%
SKJAJA Fund$10,50084%
Henderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity$9,00050%
Global Fund for Women Inc$8,00060%
Inter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc$7,46840%
Democracy Forward Foundation$7,00010%
Triangle Land Conservancy Inc$6,00060%
United States Association for UNHCR$6,00040%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$5,35030%
North Carolina Justice Center$5,00050%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$4,35060%
Elon University$4,00030%
Autism Speaks Inc$3,00030%
All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc$3,00010%
Carolina Abortion Fund$3,00030%
Legal Aid of North Carolina Inc$3,00020%
Animal Protection Society of Orange County$2,50040%
Southern Environmental Law Center$2,50030%
Music Maker Foundation Inc$2,50050%
Orange County Rape Crisis Center$2,50030%
Arts Center$2,30050%
Goals for Girls Inc$2,10021%
Casa$2,05030%
Save The Children Federation Inc$2,00020%
Feeding America$2,00020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$2,00010%
Dispute Settlement Center Inc$1,75040%
Special Olympics North Carolina Inc$1,50020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$1,50020%
Pro-Choice Nc Foundation$1,50030%
Marian Cheek Jackson Center$1,45020%
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc$1,00010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$1,00010%
United We Dream Network Inc$1,00010%
Safe Harbour Inc$1,00010%
East Side Soup Kitchen$1,00010%
Razom Inc$1,00010%
South Orange Rescue Squad Inc$1,0001n/a
Finca International Inc$1,00010%
Freedom House Recovery Center Inc$1,00010%
Healing Pines Respite Inc$85030%
Movember Foundation$60030%
Huru International Inc$5001n/a
Project Access of Durham County$20010%
High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Inc$10010%
Orange County Living Wage$1002n/a
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$10010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $57,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPorch Inc: $31,000 over 9y, 48% of budgetRoanoke College: $23,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetDurham Nativity School Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $15,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $15,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $14,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSKJAJA Fund: $10,500 over 8y, 4.4% of budgetHenderson County & Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity: $9,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Fund for Women Inc: $8,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetInter-Faith Council for Social Service Inc: $7,468 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDemocracy Forward Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTriangle Land Conservancy Inc: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $5,350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Justice Center: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $4,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAutism Speaks Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAll Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarolina Abortion Fund: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLegal Aid of North Carolina Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Protection Society of Orange County: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Maker Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOrange County Rape Crisis Center: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetArts Center: $2,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGoals for Girls Inc: $2,100 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCasa: $2,050 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDispute Settlement Center Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpecial Olympics North Carolina Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPro-Choice Nc Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMarian Cheek Jackson Center: $1,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited We Dream Network Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Harbour Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast Side Soup Kitchen: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRazom Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom House Recovery Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Pines Respite Inc: $850 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMovember Foundation: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProject Access of Durham County: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 51.

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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.

Triangle Community Foundation IncNC36.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · Strowd Roses Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Shared Visions Foundation Inc · Carlson Family Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · Duke University Health System Inc · Carolyn W & Charles T Beaird Family 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.

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Find your warmest path to The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation

How much does The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation give?
The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $55,068 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (25%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research ($57k), Porch Inc ($31k), Roanoke College ($24k).
Does The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Triangle Community Foundation Inc, Strowd Roses Inc, United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc.
Where is The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation based?
The Ann Ludington Sullivan Foundation is based in NC.

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 81 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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