· Private foundation
The Edward and Darenda Sheridan Foundati
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TELLURIDE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| SPECIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC | $10,000 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR | $6,500 |
| SUMMIT EDUCATIONAL FDN | $5,000 |
| TELLURIDE ACADEMY | $3,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -50% for those funded once.
3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSPECIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC5× · 2019–2024 · $36k · revenue +459%
The Trustees of Princeton University2× · 2020–2021 · $33k · revenue +51%- TTTHE TELLURIDE ACADEMY INC3× · 2022–2024 · $11k · revenue +10%
Funded once
- CHCHICAGO HOPE ACADEMYone grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -58%
- NWNATIONAL WINTER ACTIVITY CENTERone grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -3%
- TOTRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYone grant, 2023 · $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.
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.
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…
New jersey scholars exists to help young adults and their families pursue excellence in all facets of their lives by using competitive basketball as a platform. this pursuit of excellence encompasses academics, citizenship and…
The organization provides a christian,classical education to enrolled students. paideia academy is an instrument to assist christian parents in carrying out the biblical mandate to bring up their children in thepaideiaof the lord. we…
The philadelphia school educates children for a future that is impossible to know but not impossible to shape. learn here. go anywhere.
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…
Provide post-secondary education of excellence.
The organization provides students with a rigorous education and the foundations of virtue and character, while building cultural literacy through a content-rich curriculum in an encouraging environment.
Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…
York school is an award-winning, private, coed college-prep school for grades 8-12, that develops confident and authentic leaders. we offer an academically challenging experiential program for bright, kind, and driven students in an…
We inspire in our students a love of knowledge and the ability to use that knowledge creatively, compassionately and courageously throughout their lives.sage hill school's commitment to academic excellence and our outstanding college…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Hillbrook provides an extraordinary educational experience that fosters a love of learning in our students and helps them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to achieve their highest individual potential in school and in life.…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds TELLURIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
- Who funds THE TELLURIDE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds SUMMIT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHICAGO HOPE ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL WINTER ACTIVITY CENTER ↗
- Who funds LINK EDUCATION PARTNERS INC ↗
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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Edward and Darenda Sheridan Foundati funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Edward and Darenda Sheridan Foundati. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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