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The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc

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.

$387k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
46
Grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2022
12%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 42
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2025
18
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 12% of the organizations The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22
HealthPublic BenefitEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureInternationalOther
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 arriving44$377k36%
FY202242$31k12%
FY202139$27k21%
FY202041$23k15%
FY201939$24k13%
FY201838$21k97%
FY20174$3kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$32kEducation$27kCommunity Improvement$12kPublic Benefit$11kInternational$11kReligion$9kArts & Culture$8kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
GA
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.

Show all 62 grantees
All grantees of The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$21,25060%
Lighthouse Guild International Inc$20,10020%
Samaritan's Purse$20,00060%
American Institute for Cancer Research$17,75060%
Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust$16,50060%
Special Operations Warrior Foundation$16,25060%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$16,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$16,00030%
Catholic Charities USA$15,5007n/a
Saint Peter's University Hospital$15,0001n/a
Cornell University$15,00010%
The Rwj University Hospital Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
The Carnegie Hall Corporation$11,00020%
Operation Smile Inc$10,50020%
Friends for Health in Haiti Inc$10,00061%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$10,00010%
The Institute for Children With Cancer and Blood Disorders Inc$10,00011%
Judicial Watch Inc$9,50060%
Leukemia Research Foundation$9,00010%
Help Hospitalized Veterans Inc$6,50060%
Young Concert Artists Inc$6,25060%
United Service Organizations Inc$6,25060%
Our Military Kids Inc$5,75040%
The New York Glaucoma Research Institute$5,70034%
Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation$5,50030%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$5,50020%
Folds of Honor New York Inc$5,50031%
Gary Sinise Foundation$5,25020%
Associate Alumnae of Douglass College$5,00050%
Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
Arthritis Research Institute of America Inc$5,0001n/a
Mercy Ships International$5,0001n/a
Knights of Columbus Charities Inc$5,0001n/a
Save a Friend to Homeless Animals$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc$5,00010%
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund Inc$5,00014%
Brightfocus Foundation$4,50050%
Hillsborough Emergency Medical Services Corp$4,2506n/a
Project Veritas$3,50050%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc$3,27560%
The Heritage Foundation$3,25020%
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc$3,00030%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$2,0003n/a
Wreaths Across America$1,75050%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$1,75040%
Turning Point Inc$1,50020%
Foodfinderinc$1,25030%
Adopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc$1,25050%
Eod Warrior Foundation$1,00040%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$1,00040%
Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc$1,00020%
Herobox Inc$1,00040%
Mercy Ships International$50010%
Michaels Miracles Nj Non-Profit$50012%
Moravian University$50010%
The Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc$45030%
Symphony Pro Musica Society Inc$2501n/a
Freedomworks Foundation Inc$25010%
Lehigh University$25010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$15010%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $21,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLighthouse Guild International Inc: $20,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Institute for Cancer Research: $17,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDisabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Operations Warrior Foundation: $16,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carnegie Hall Corporation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends for Health in Haiti Inc: $10,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Institute for Children With Cancer and Blood Disorders Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLeukemia Research Foundation: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHelp Hospitalized Veterans Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Concert Artists Inc: $6,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Service Organizations Inc: $6,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOur Military Kids Inc: $5,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Glaucoma Research Institute: $5,700 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars Foundation: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor New York Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAssociate Alumnae of Douglass College: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSave a Friend to Homeless Animals: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetBrightfocus Foundation: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey Inc: $3,275 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $3,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Advocates Serving Evangelism Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWreaths Across America: $1,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Legal Foundation Inc: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Point Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoodfinderinc: $1,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAdopt a Platoon Soldier Support Effort Inc: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEod Warrior Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHerobox Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMichaels Miracles Nj Non-Profit: $500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMoravian University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Food Bank Network of Somerset County Inc: $450 over 3y, 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 52.

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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.

Shell USA Company FoundationTX13.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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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About The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc

How much does The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc give?
The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc reported 46 grants totaling $387,025 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (24%), Education (20%), Community Improvement (9%).
Who are The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($21k), Lighthouse Guild International Inc ($20k), Samaritan's Purse ($20k).
Does The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc 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 The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Shell USA Company Foundation, Aetna Foundation Inc, The Pfizer Foundation Inc.
Where is The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc based?
The Sharon A Fordham Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 84 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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