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The Sue B Hart Foundation at a glance

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The Sue B Hart 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.

$114k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$377kRecreation & Sports$328kEducation$302kFood & Nutrition$277kArts & Culture$180kReligion$98kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $4k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
$12,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEREA COLLEGE$30,424
Individual grant recipient$30,000
WEBB DEANE STEVENS$25,000
BLAKE CENTER FOR FAITH & FREEDOM$12,500
CUSHING ACADEMY$12,000
LOOMIS CHAFFE SCHOOL$1,918
Individual grant recipient$1,000
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST$1,000
UNIV OF HARTFORD$500
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CUSHING ACADEMY: $12k → 11%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $55k → 9%TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $68k → 11%BLAKE CENTER FOR FAITH & FREEDOM: $13k → 11%OHIO WESLEYAN: $2k → 5%BEREA COLLEGE: $46k → 16%CUSHING ACADEMY: $12k → 11%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $44k → 9%CT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $98k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $32k → 16%CUSHING ACADEMY: $10k → 11%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $36k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $68k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $30k → 16%CUSHING ACADEMY: $10k → 11%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $32k → 9%LOOMIS INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $68k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $30k → 16%CUSHING ACADEMY: $2k → 11%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $30k → 9%LOOMIS INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $68k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $30k → 16%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $29k → 9%LOOMIS INSTITUTE: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $65k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $28k → 16%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $29k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $10k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $20k → 16%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $27k → 9%UCONN HOME & GARDEN ED CENTER: $6k → 11%BEREA COLLEGE: $15k → 16%CT JUNIOR REPUBLIC: $25k → 9%BEREA COLLEGE: $11k → 16%ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY: $175k → 11%ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY: $125k → 11%ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY: $25k → 11%ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY: $3k → 11%CT STATE HISTORIAN: $7k → 11%VALLEY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH: $30k → 11%WEBB DEANE STEVENS: $120k → 11%WEBB DEANE STEVENS: $25k → 11%WEBB DEANE STEVENS: $10k → 11%WEBB DEANE STEVENS: $10k → 11%CEDAR HILL CEMETARY: $10k → 11%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.
$1.6M · 17 repeat orgs$141k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$1.6M
$127k

Still filing today

53%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureRecreation & 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

  • EP
    ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $328k · revenue +3%
  • BEREA COLLEGE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $243k · revenue +50%
  • TT
    THE TRUSTEES OF THE CUSHING ACADEMY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $46k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TE
    TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $68k
  • VC
    VALLEY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
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
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
2
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
3
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
4
The President and Trustees of Colby College

to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.

Education
5
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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6
Trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

The broad mission of the ASCSA has remained constant over its distinguished history: teaching research archaeological exploration publication and dissemination of research. Founded in 1881 the ASCSA provides graduate students and scholars…

Arts & Culture
7
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
8
Amherst College Trustees

Amherst college educates students of exceptional potential from all backgrounds so that they may seek value and advance knowledge, engage the world around them, and lead principled lives of consequence. amherst brings together the most…

Education
9
Brown School

Running a private school.

—
10
Reed Institute

The mission of Reed College is to provide education in the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
11
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
12
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Trustees of the Cushing Academy; the most unlike its peers is Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc. 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

10 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. 10 of the 28 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $377,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTIndividual grant recipient: $306,700 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $68,000 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCHVALLEY COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH: $30,000 · Other+14 more: $69,653 · Other+14 moreELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $328,252 · Recreation & SportsELIZABETH PARK CONSERV…BEREA COLLEGE: $242,524 · EducationBEREA COLLEGETHE TRUSTEES OF THE CUSHING ACADEMY: $46,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE C…THE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL: $30,000 · EducationTHE LOOMIS INSTITUTE …+2 more: $5,000 · EducationNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT: $165,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL SOC…THE ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $18,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ANTIQUAR…+2 more: $4,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$851,353Recreation & Sports$328,252Education$323,524Arts & Culture$187,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $328,252 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $242,524 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT: $165,000 over 4y, 7.2% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF THE CUSHING ACADEMY: $46,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $1,000 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 ELIZABETH PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEREA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF THE CUSHING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE LOOMIS INSTITUTE D/B/A THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE ANTIQUARIAN & LANDMARKS SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD ↗
  • Who funds GOODSPEED OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC ↗
  • Who funds Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ↗

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.

Hartford Foundation f…Connecticut Humanitie…Aetna Foundation IncThe John G Martin Fou…The William and Alice…The Maximilian E and …National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · The John G Martin Foundation · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Sue B Hart Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sue B Hart Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • New Britain Museum of American Art Inc: 7% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Goodspeed Opera House Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 28 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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