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The Sullivan & Cromwell 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.

$193k
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$445kCivil Rights$345kArts & Culture$163kInternational$155kHuman Services$95kEducation$85kCommunity Improvement$30kHealth$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $105k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$503k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Historical Madison Inc$50,000
CARE$25,000
The Jewish Musuem$25,000
Federal Bar Foundation$25,000
AFTD$10,000
Providence St Mel School$10,000
American India Foundation$10,000
Historical Society of the New York Courts$7,500
SEC Historical Society$5,000
Women in Need Inc$5,000
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles$5,000
City Year Inc$5,000
Yes Prep Public Schools$5,000
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $113k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge: $35k → 19%New York Peace Institute Inc: $5k → 17%Women in Need Inc: $5k → 17%Women in Need Inc: $5k → 17%The Innocence Project Inc: $8k → 17%YWCA of the City of New York: $25k → 17%YWCA of the City of New York: $20k → 17%YWCA of the City of New York: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$367k · 10 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
51

Total granted

$367k
$961k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
-2%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • TY
    THE YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    3× · 2020–2022 · $55k · revenue +22%
  • TJ
    THE JEWISH MUSEUM
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +50%
  • TH
    THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS
    2× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +34%
  • NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
    one grant, 2020 · $75k · revenue -54%
  • EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · 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.

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American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
Association of Legal Administrators

Ala is the catalyst for growth by providing: diverse educational experiences, engaged peer communities, strategic solutions, dynamic resources, and trusted networks.

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3
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
4
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California

The american civil liberties union of northern california (aclu nc union) defends and advances the principles of freedom, equality and justice contained in the united states constitution. aclu nc union, a california mutual benefit…

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5
American Arbitration Association Inc

The american arbitration association ("aaa") is dedicated to effective, efficient and economical methods of dispute resolution through education, technology and solutions-oriented service.

Crime & Legal
6
The Bar Association of San Francisco

The bar association of san francisco champions equal access to justice and promotes humanity, excellence, and diversity in the legal profession. we provide legal services to disadvantaged and underserved individuals in san francisco. we…

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7
Association of American Law Schools Inc

The association of american law schools' mission is to uphold and advance excellence in legal education.

Education
8
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
9
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

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10
American Intellectual Property Law Association

The association was formed to maintain a high standard of professional ethics among its members and to aid in the institution of improvements in legal education and to provide information to the public in laws relating to patents,…

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11
Institute for Americas Future Inc

Iaf's purpose is to conduct research and publicize findings concerning citizen's attitudes about economic options confronting america. iaf is devoted to fostering a robust and democratic debate about ideas that will shape our country's…

Education
12
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Inc; the most unlike its peers is Women in the Black New York 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

62 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. 62 of the 68 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
62/62
Grantees still filing
33/62
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $87,500 · OtherLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights …AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NO…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUND…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SO…HARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC: $25,000 · OtherHARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND I…Campaign for Legal Services (Silicon Valley): $20,000 · OtherNational Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives: $20,000 · OtherSouth Asian Americans Leading Together: $20,000 · OtherProvidence St Mel School: $20,000 · OtherKABOOM INC: $25,000 · OtherKABOOM INCTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Other+16 more: $145,500 · Other+16 moreTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $100,000 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETYAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $50,000 · Crime & LegalAmerican Bar Associatio…VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $31,500 · Crime & LegalVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTI…EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $30,000 · Crime & LegalEQUAL JUSTICE WORKSFEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Crime & LegalFEDERAL BAR FOUNDATIONOffice of the Appellate Defender: $25,000 · Crime & LegalOffice of the Appellate…Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $15,000 · Crime & LegalCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $75,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEF…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE I…Chinese for Affirmative Action: $20,000 · Civil RightsChinese for Aff…ASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsASIAN AMERICANS…CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $15,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR CONS…INSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & SOCIAL JUSTICE: $10,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $5,000 · Civil RightsHISTORIC MADISON INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHISTORIC MAD…THE JEWISH MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH M…THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS: $27,500 · Arts & CultureTHE HISTORIC…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CAL…BAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureBAY AREA DIS…+2 more: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG …YWCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE: $35,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF GR…United Help Ukraine Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesUnited Hel…WOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN IN N…THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE INNOCE…NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $55,000 · InternationalCOOPERATI…NOVA UKRAINE: $20,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRA…RAZOM INC: $18,000 · InternationalRAZOM INCGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · InternationalGLOBALGIV…The Global FoodBanking Network: $10,000 · InternationalThe Globa…Save The Children Federation Inc: $6,000 · InternationalManhattan University: $25,000 · EducationSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 · EducationAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $10,000 · EducationBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON URBAN DEBATE LEAGUE INC: $5,000 · EducationYES Prep Public Schools Inc: $5,000 · Education
Other$458,000Crime & Legal$296,500Civil Rights$195,000Arts & Culture$155,000Human Services$132,500International$125,000Education$70,000

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 LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $87,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC MADISON INC: $50,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA OF GREATER BATON ROUGE: $35,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC: $31,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE WORKS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE NEW YORK COURTS: $27,500 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetFEDERAL BAR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetKABOOM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHARLEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOffice of the Appellate Defender: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetManhattan University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Asian Americans Leading Together: $20,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChinese for Affirmative Action: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASIAN AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE - AAJC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence St Mel School: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRAZOM INC: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHATTANOOGANS IN ACTION FOR LOVE EQUALITY AND BENEVOLENCE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEFENDER SERVICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Bar Association: $10,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAGAHOZO-SHALOM YOUTH VILLAGE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & SOCIAL JUSTICE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMain Street Launch: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK AND BROWN FOUNDERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBAY AREA DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN IN NEED INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC: $7,500 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.

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.

The Morrison & Foerst…Tides FoundationPerkins Coie Foundati…Katten Muchin Rosenma…Equal Justice WorksThe Sidley Austin Fou…The Goldman Sachs Cha…The Dla Piper Foundat…Wachtell Lipton Rosen…The Skadden FoundationQuinn Emanuel Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…
The Morrison & Foerster FoundationCA17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation · Tides Foundation · Perkins Coie Foundation · Katten Muchin Rosenman Foundation Inc · Equal Justice Works · The Sidley Austin Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Dla Piper Foundation · Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz Foundation · The Skadden Foundation · Quinn Emanuel Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation

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 Sullivan & Cromwell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sullivan & Cromwell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to The Sullivan & Cromwell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Sullivan & Cromwell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 68 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home