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The Sirus Fund at a glance

· 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 FY2026still arriving
2
Grants FY2026still arriving
1
States reached
$108k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Housing & Shelter$2.1MHuman Services$1.1MEducation$575kInternational$548kPublic Benefit$485kHealth$230kCrime & Legal$230kEnvironment$210kOther$0
02FY2026 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$108,470
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES$108,470
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES$108,469
02The need
03

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 (FY21–26, $3.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%SCO family services: $10k → 6%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $335k → 17%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $135k → 17%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $212k → 20%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $108k → 17%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $120k → 20%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $60k → 20%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $75k → 17%GRAHAM WINDHAM: $60k → 20%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $75k → 17%Graham Windham: $40k → 20%United Neighborhood Houses: $70k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $212k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $120k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $60k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $212k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $120k → 17%association to benefit children: $65k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $60k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $60k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $212k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $120k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $108k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $60k → 17%BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES: $60k → 17%broadway housing communities: $45k → 17%children's aid society: $96k → 17%CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $60k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 17 repeat orgs$517k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2026, 15 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
4

Total granted

$5.7M
$517k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+7%

Still filing today

71%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalPublic BenefitHealthEducationOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC
    6× · 2021–2026 · $798k · revenue +56%
  • TC
    THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $548k · revenue +48%
  • AT
    ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN
    5× · 2021–2025 · $517k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • BP
    BROWNSVILLE PARTNERSHIP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $212k · revenue +187%
  • CS
    community solutions
    one grant, 2021 · $195k
  • NY
    NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -66%
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
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

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2
The Friends of Crown Heights Educational Centers Inc

To provide a safe, affordable and comprehensive program of high-quality early childhood education, parental and family support, as well as academic enrichment and recreational programs.

Human Services
3
New York Apartment Association Inc

Nyaa provides services to landlords including computerized rent registration of rent stabilized apartments with the new york state division of housing and community renewal in compliance with nys & nyc laws & regulations.

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4
Little Flower Children Family Services of New York

Little flower is committed to improving the well-being of the children, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities across nyc and long island so they can reach their full potential. little flower transforms caring into…

Human Services
5
New York Foundling

The new york foundling, in the tradition of openness and compassion of its sponsors, the sisters of charity, helps children, youth, adults, and families in need through services, supports, and advocacy that strengthen family and community…

Human Services
6
Advocates for Children of New York

To ensure a high quality education for new york students who face barriers to academic success, focusing on students from low-income backgrounds.

Crime & Legal
7
New Alternatives for Children Inc

Nac's mission is to provide innovative high-quality services in support of birth, foster, and adoptive families caring primarily for medically complex children. nac's mission includes children with severe physical, emotional, and…

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8
United Way of New York City

Uwnyc works with a coalition of trusted partners to unite community power with citywide possibility. together, we meet today's most urgent needs while building transformative solutions for tomorrow - striving for health, opportunity, and…

Philanthropy
9
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City Inc

Empowering people through innovative solutions, one person at a time.

Health
10
New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation

Nyceec's mission is to deliver financing solutions and advance markets for energy efficiency and clean energy in communities.

Environment
11
N Y C Mission Society

NYC Mission Society improves the lives of children, youth and families in the City's most underserved communities. Through programs and services that respond to community needs, we create cycles of success for generations to come.

Human Services
12
The Child Study Center of New York

To provide a program for children with special needs, ages three to five years by utilizing the disciplines of psychology, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy as integral functions of the educational program.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Yorkers for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Graham Windham. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 21 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
10/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $798,469 · Human ServicesTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INCBROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $605,470 · Human ServicesBROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INCTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $548,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETYASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $517,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDRENGRAHAM WINDHAM: $492,000 · Human ServicesGRAHAM WINDHAM+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesPOWER OF TWO FUND FOR THE CITY OF NY: $335,000 · OtherPOWER OF TWO FUND FOR THE C…Individual grant recipient: $270,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCORNELL BOTANIC GARDENS: $210,000 · OtherCORNELL BOTANIC GARDENScommunity solutions: $195,000 · Othercommunity solutionsCASA-NYC FUND FOR THE CITY OF NY: $120,000 · OtherCASA-NYC FUND FOR THE CITY …fund for the city of NY CASA NYC: $60,000 · OtherCommunity Food Advocates Inc: $180,000 · OtherCommunity Food Advocates In…FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $150,000 · OtherFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YO…THE NHP FOUNDATION: $350,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE NHP FO…BROWNSVILLE PARTNERSHIP INC: $212,000 · Housing & ShelterBROWNSVILL…NEW YORK APPLESEED INC: $350,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC: $230,000 · Crime & LegalNEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,000 · Crime & LegalMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $230,000 · HealthThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $225,000 · Education
Human Services$2,970,939Other$1,520,000Housing & Shelter$562,000Public Benefit$350,000Crime & Legal$330,000Health$230,000Education$225,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $798,469 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetBROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC: $605,470 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY: $548,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $517,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGRAHAM WINDHAM: $492,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NHP FOUNDATION: $350,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetNEW YORK APPLESEED INC: $350,000 over 4y, 37% of budgetMONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER: $230,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC: $230,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $225,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Food Advocates Inc: $180,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetFUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC: $100,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSCO FAMILY OF SERVICES: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds BROADWAY HOUSING COMMUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds GRAHAM WINDHAM ↗
  • Who funds THE NHP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK APPLESEED INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FAMILY REPRESENTATION INC ↗
  • Who funds The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations ↗
  • Who funds BROWNSVILLE PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Advocates Inc ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORKERS FOR CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES ↗

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.

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Sirus Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sirus Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 21 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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