Florida · Private foundation
The Sonkin Family Foundation
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.
- $386k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 41
- Grants FY2024
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $246
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $248,570
- Organizations funded a year
- 36 to 49
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations The Sonkin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $184k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 39 | $354k | 23% |
| FY2023 | 44 | $332k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 36 | $90k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 49 | $71k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 47 | $88k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Judea | $75,815 | 4 | n/a |
| Herizon Inc | $70,378 | 5 | 5% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $41,555 | 4 | n/a |
| Insight Through Education Inc | $9,871 | 5 | 1% |
| Ballenisles Charities Foundation Inc | $6,570 | 3 | 0% |
| Ort America Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Council of Jewish Women Palm Beach Section | $4,640 | 3 | 2% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 37 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($702k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sonkin Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sonkin Family Foundation
- How much does The Sonkin Family Foundation give?
- The Sonkin Family Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $386,422 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Sonkin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Science & Tech (18%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Sonkin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Temple Judea ($76k), Herizon Inc ($70k), Jewish Theological Seminary of America ($42k).
- Does The Sonkin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sonkin Family Foundation 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 Sonkin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Sonkin Family Foundation based?
- The Sonkin Family Foundation is based in FL.
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