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The Richard T Sharp Foundation at a glance

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The Richard T Sharp 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$68kEducation$38kHealth$7kFood & Nutrition$4kHuman Services$2kYouth Development$1k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,800
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIR JOHN SOANE MUSEUM FOUNDATION$4,800
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%PFLAG NYC: $1k → 17%PFLAG NYC: $750 → 17%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.
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$52k · 5 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
10

Total granted

$52k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+5%

Still filing today

80%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AF
    AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +45%
  • BC
    BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $4k · revenue +35%
  • NY
    New York City Parents of Lesbians and Gay Men Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $2k · revenue +982%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue -23%
  • W
    WAMC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +8%
  • NC
    NY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue -3%
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
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
3
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
4
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts North America Inc

The specific purposes for which bafta na is organized is to promote, maintain, improve and advance original and creative work among individuals employed professionally in film and television production and allied industries, to create and…

Arts & Culture
5
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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6
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
8
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
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
11
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
12
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Broadway Caresequity Fights Aids Inc; the most unlike its peers is Stage Notes Academy of Performing Arts. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
9/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · Community ImprovementTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP+1 more: $1,500 · Community ImprovementAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $30,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INCSIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $9,800 · Arts & CultureSIR JOHN SOANE'S…WAMC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureWAMCSTAGE NOTES ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureSTAGE NOTES ACAD…THOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS COLE HIST…YALE LAW SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherYALE LAW SCH…BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $4,400 · OtherBROADWAY CAR…ST JUDE RESEARCH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,000 · OtherST JUDE RESE…SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · OtherSYRIAN AMERI…+1 more: $250 · OtherNY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP: $3,000 · Food & NutritionTHE SYLVIA CENTER: $1,000 · Food & NutritionNew York City Parents of Lesbians and Gay Men Inc: $1,750 · Human ServicesRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Community Improvement$51,500Education$30,000Arts & Culture$17,800Other$12,650Food & Nutrition$4,000Human Services$1,750Recreation & Sports$1,000

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 budgetTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIR JOHN SOANE'S MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $9,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWAMC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $4,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNY COMMUNITY FRIDGE CORP: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAGE NOTES ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAMAPO FOR CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SYLVIA CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Jm Kaplan Fund IncJewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Jm Kaplan Fund IncNY13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 The Richard T Sharp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard T Sharp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 16 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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