New Jersey · Private foundation
The Sumner Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $4.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $143M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The Sumner Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $550k 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 | 28 | $4.0M | 21% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $3.1M | 35% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $2.0M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $2.2M | 90% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $334k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $350k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givedirectly Inc | $3,650,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $1,400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $1,200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Atlantic Health System Inc | $600,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Freedom House Inc | $450,000 | 4 | 8% |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $378,650 | 5 | 3% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newark Academy | $153,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Far Hills Country Day School | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Givedirectly Inc | $3,650,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc | $1,400,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Bail Project Inc | $1,200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Atlantic Health System Inc | $600,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Freedom House Inc | $450,000 | 4 | 8% |
| New Jersey Conservation Foundation | $378,650 | 5 | 3% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $300,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Innovations for Poverty Action a Nonprofit Corporation | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Newark Academy | $153,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Far Hills Country Day School | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Datakind Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Great Swamp Watershed Association | $40,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Oldwick Fire Company Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Somo Project | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Mane Stream Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Life Camp Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Raritan Headwaters Association | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kent Place School | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| From Houses to Homes - Guatemala Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Preschool Advantage Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Crossroads4hope | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| PEO Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joyful Heart Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sumner Family Foundation Inc 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: Community Foundation of New Jersey · Chubb Charitable Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Verizon Foundation · Millrace Foundation · The Tyler Foundation · The McJ Amelior Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Meerwarth Family Foundation · The Risor Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sumner Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sumner Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Sumner Family Foundation Inc reported 29 grants totaling $4,013,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sumner Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (30%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Crime & Legal (10%).
- Who are The Sumner Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Givedirectly Inc ($3.6M), Community Food Bank Of New Jersey Inc ($1.4M), The Bail Project Inc ($1.2M).
- Does The Sumner Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sumner Family Foundation Inc 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 Sumner Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of New Jersey, Chubb Charitable Foundation, The Hyde and Watson Foundation.
- Where is The Sumner Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Sumner Family Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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