New York · Private foundation
The Sirus Fund
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $217k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2026
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $108,470
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $108,470
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 14% of the organizations The Sirus Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $212k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 2 | $217k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 7 | $1.6M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.9M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $720k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $720k | 7% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc | $798,469 | 6 | 1% |
| Broadway Housing Communities Inc | $605,470 | 6 | 1% |
| The Children's Aid Society | $548,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Association to Benefit Children | $517,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Graham Windham | $492,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Nhp Foundation | $350,000 | 4 | 1% |
| New York Appleseed Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 37% |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $230,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Family Representation Inc | $230,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc | $798,469 | 6 | 1% |
| Broadway Housing Communities Inc | $605,470 | 6 | 1% |
| The Children's Aid Society | $548,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Association to Benefit Children | $517,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Graham Windham | $492,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Nhp Foundation | $350,000 | 4 | 1% |
| New York Appleseed Inc | $350,000 | 4 | 37% |
| Montefiore Medical Center | $230,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Center for Family Representation Inc | $230,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | $225,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Brownsville Partnership Inc | $212,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Food Advocates Inc | $180,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New Yorkers for Children Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Sco Family of Services | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sirus Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Sirus Fund
- How much does The Sirus Fund give?
- The Sirus Fund reported 2 grants totaling $216,939 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Sirus Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (35%), Human Services (18%), Education (9%).
- Who are The Sirus Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: The United Neighborhood Houses of New York Inc ($798k), Broadway Housing Communities Inc ($605k), The Children's Aid Society ($548k).
- Does The Sirus Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sirus Fund 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 Sirus Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sirus Fund based?
- The Sirus Fund is based in NY.
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