Skip to content

Pennsylvania · Private foundation

The Susan Sarandon Charitable 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.

$148k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 86
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$3.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalAnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving20$148k20%
FY202423$174k17%
FY202338$162k39%
FY202226$131k46%
FY202112$61k58%
FY202032$174k56%
FY201926$164k27%
FY201886$184k65%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$443kHuman Services$216kFood & Nutrition$134kCivil Rights$129kEnvironment$74kReligion$72kEducation$67kArts & Culture$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
DC
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 140 grantees
All grantees of The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$173,27280%
Christian Herald Association Inc$66,00070%
Human Needs Project Inc$55,00042%
Responsibility$51,75053%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$41,00030%
Center for Constitutional Rights$40,00040%
Utopia Foundation Inc$39,00052%
Artists for Peace and Justice$35,00024%
The Mirembe Project$31,500318%
Bottomless Closet$30,00071%
Feeding America$25,60040%
Reprieve (Us)$22,00071%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$21,00020%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$20,00020%
Oregon Food Bank$20,00040%
Refugepoint Inc$20,00020%
Pv Volunteers Inc$17,500218%
The Preemptive Love Coalition$17,00030%
God's Love We Deliver Inc$16,35060%
Unrwa USA National Committee Inc$16,30030%
Church World Service Inc$16,00030%
Food Bank for New York City$15,15040%
Amazon Watch Inc$15,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$15,00030%
The Carter Center Inc$14,50030%
The Bowery Mission Foundation$13,50028%
Church of the Holy Apostles$12,5001n/a
Still Point Theatre Collective$11,00074%
Friends of Hope North Inc$10,000117%
Greenpeace Inc$10,00020%
Alfanar Inc US$10,00011%
Focusing Philanthropy Inc$10,0002n/a
Together1heart$10,0001n/a
City Harvest Inc$8,80030%
The Asher House$8,00030%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$8,00020%
Friends of the High Line Inc$7,00050%
Love Button Global Movement$7,00021%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$5,75030%
New York Restoration Project$5,50020%
Earthjustice$5,50010%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$5,24420%
United States Association for UNHCR$5,10020%
Bronx Letters Foundation$5,0001n/a
Lide Haiti$5,00011%
Red Door Place Inc$5,000110%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Robin Hood Foundation$5,00010%
Hope for Haiti Inc$5,00010%
Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity$4,70011%
Amnesty International of the USA Inc$4,50020%
Riverkeeper Inc$3,50020%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$2,62520%
The Institute for Middle East Understanding$2,50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$2,50020%
Black Farmer Fund Inc$2,00010%
From The Heart Productions$2,00010%
Amazon Conservation Team$2,00020%
Filling in the Blanks Inc$2,00010%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$2,00010%
Middlesex College Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Donavans Dream$2,0001n/a
Social Security Works Education Fund$2,00010%
Central Park Conservancy Inc$2,00010%
Human Development Fund$2,0001n/a
Mercy Corps$1,60020%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$1,55030%
Houston Peace & Justice Center$1,50013%
United Farm Workers of America$1,50010%
National Park Foundation$1,40020%
United States Fund for Unicef$1,35020%
Finca International Inc$1,22510%
Youth Service Opportunities Project$1,10020%
Fresh Air Fund$1,10010%
Point Foundation$1,00020%
Coalition for the Homeless Inc$1,00010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief Inc$1,00010%
The Gathering for Justice Inc$1,00010%
Celebration Nation Inc$1,00010%
Codepink Women for Peace$1,00010%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$1,00010%
Immigration Counseling Service Inc$1,0001n/a
About Face Veterans Against the War$1,00020%
Union Settlement Association Inc$1,00020%
Madre Inc$1,00010%
Engenderhealth Inc$1,00010%
The Bridge Fund$1,00010%
Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc$1,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$90010%
Fellowship of Reconciliation Inc$75010%
The Wilderness Society$75020%
Over Under Initiative Inc$70020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$70020%
Humane World for Animals Inc$65020%
Trevor Project Inc$50010%
New York Academy of Art$50010%
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$50010%
Physicians for Social Responsibility$50010%
The Ashley Bryan Center$50010%
Reading Is Fundamental Inc$50010%
Somesville Village Improvement Society$5001n/a
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US$5001n/a
Habitat for Humanity New York City and Westcherster County Inc$50010%
Street Soccer USA Inc$50010%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$50010%
Reaching Out Community Services Inc$5001n/a
Native American Rights Fund Inc$36010%
Humane World for Animals International$35020%
Maui Humane Society$30010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$25010%
AMA Animal Rescue Incorporated$25010%
National Wildlife Federation$25010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$25010%
Smile Train Inc$25010%
Animal Recovery Mission Inc$25010%
Stanley M Isaacs Neighborhood Center Inc$22810%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$20010%
Aya Youth Collective$20010%
New York City Rescue Mission$20010%
Spca of Westchester Inc$20010%
West 9th Street Block Association Inc$2001n/a
The Actors' Fund of America$20010%
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue Inc$20010%
Operation Smile Inc$15010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10010%
Doris Day Animal League$10020%
The Trust for Public Land$10010%
Hope House Inc$1001n/a
Best Friends Animal Society$10010%
Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc$811n/a
Sudan Relief Fund Inc$751n/a
Friends of the Earth$7510%
Sisters of St Francis of Assisi$652n/a
Wounded Paw Project$501n/a
Handover Rover$5010%
Christian Appalachian Project Inc$5010%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$5010%
Technoserve Inc$3510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 51 recipients with no EIN on record ($247k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $173,272 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $66,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHuman Needs Project Inc: $55,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetResponsibility: $51,750 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUtopia Foundation Inc: $39,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetArtists for Peace and Justice: $35,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetThe Mirembe Project: $31,500 over 3y, 18% of budgetBottomless Closet: $30,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFeeding America: $25,600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReprieve (Us): $22,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetDemocracy Now Productions Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRefugepoint Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPv Volunteers Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetThe Preemptive Love Coalition: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGod's Love We Deliver Inc: $16,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnrwa USA National Committee Inc: $16,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFood Bank for New York City: $15,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Watch Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $14,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Bowery Mission Foundation: $13,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetStill Point Theatre Collective: $11,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetFriends of Hope North Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetGreenpeace Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlfanar Inc US: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $8,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asher House: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the High Line Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLove Button Global Movement: $7,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $5,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Restoration Project: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $5,244 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLide Haiti: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetRed Door Place Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope for Haiti Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScreen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists Found: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $4,700 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAmnesty International of the USA Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 124.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Tides FoundationCA17.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Solidaire Network Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The New York Community Trust · Impactassetsinc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · The Yelp 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.

Compare The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Susan Sarandon Charitable 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.

About The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation

How much does The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation give?
The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $147,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 86 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (32%), Human Services (16%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
Who are The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($173k), Christian Herald Association Inc ($66k), Human Needs Project Inc ($55k).
Does The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Susan Sarandon Charitable 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 Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, Solidaire Network Inc.
Where is The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation based?
The Susan Sarandon Charitable Foundation is based in PA.

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 196 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Susan Sarandon’s filings →

More from the funding graph