· Private foundation
The Sukup 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
- $50k–250k6 grants · $725k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YSS OF NORTH IOWA | $500,000 |
| CHURCH BY THE GLADES | $200,000 |
| MISSION CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD | $200,000 |
| WEST FORK FOOD PANTRY | $125,000 |
| YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $100,000 |
| TAU KAPPA EPSILON | $50,000 |
| LUTHERAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ASCENSION ST VINCENT FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | $20,000 |
| ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $8,000 |
| WEST FORK HIGH SCHOOL - CHEER FUND | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WFWest Fork Food Pantry2× · 2021–2024 · $140k · revenue +79%
- LHLUTHERAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2024 · $127k · revenue +108%
- MBMASTER BUILDER CENTER INC2× · 2021–2022 · $60k · revenue +147%
Funded once
- MMMERCY MEDICAL FOUNDATIONSone grant, 2017 · $200k
- YFYSS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $80k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH PROGRAMSone grant, 2020 · $80k
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.
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.
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually-centered, holistic care…
For over twenty-three years, the st. paul center for biblical theology has promoted life-transforming catholic scripture study. founded by dr. scott hahn, the center equips priests, clergy, seminarians, catechists, and the laity to…
Samaritan's purse is a nondenominational evangelical christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. since 1970, samaritan's purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war,…
To continue christ's healing love through delivery of competent & compassionate healthcare in an environment sensitive to the needs of all people. the hospital is committed to providing a broad range of quality inpatient and outpatient…
Spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ
To proclaim to the world the everlasting gospel of revelation 14:6-12 and to encourage revival in the remnant church by leading people to embrace salvation by faith in jesus, to establish them in the church, and to disciple all believers…
We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time.
Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 40 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 West Fork Food Pantry ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TAU KAPPA EPSILON ↗
- Who funds MASTER BUILDER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HAMPTON SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
- Who funds ST VINCENT HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHINA OUTREACH MINISTRIESINC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY COUNCIL ↗
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: American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sukup Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sukup Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Els for Autism Foundation: 8% of income from government
How this is measured
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