Florida · Private foundation
The Sussen 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $527k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Sussen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 8 | $34k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $50k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $50k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $49k | 46% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $61k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $59k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $55k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $40,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Laurel School | $36,188 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Cincinnati | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $21,250 | 6 | 0% |
| John Carroll University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Midtown Cleveland Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hopewell | $10,810 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $40,700 | 7 | 0% |
| Laurel School | $36,188 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Ignites Cincinnati | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $21,250 | 6 | 0% |
| John Carroll University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Midtown Cleveland Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hopewell | $10,810 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | $7,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Littlest Heroes Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Holden Arboretum | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Sub Zero Mission | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City Mission | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| National Geographic Society | $1,156 | 3 | 0% |
| Church of the Gesu | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| The Kirtland Country Club Scholarship Fund | $600 | 3 | n/a |
| Two Foundation Inc Two Cafe & Boutique | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Lake County Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Legatus | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sussen Foundation 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: The Cleveland Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Betty T and David M Schneider Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn · Third Federal Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Laub Foundation · B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation · Jane and Jon Outcalt Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · The Sk Wellman Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sussen Foundation
- How much does The Sussen Foundation give?
- The Sussen Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $33,700 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sussen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (15%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are The Sussen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Catholic Charities Corporation ($41k), Laurel School ($36k), Hope Ignites Cincinnati ($32k).
- Does The Sussen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sussen 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 Sussen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Swagelok Foundation, The Betty T and David M Schneider Foundation.
- Where is The Sussen Foundation based?
- The Sussen Foundation is based in FL.
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