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The Sussman Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Sussman Family Foundation Inc

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.

$324k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$70k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Education$410kAnimals$235kHealth$216kSocial Science$100kFood & Nutrition$79kArts & Culture$72kPhilanthropy$17kHuman Services$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k63 grants · $119k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $136k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
$1,500
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMFAR FOUNDATIONS FOR AIDS RESEARCH$70,000
GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER$38,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK$24,500
PHILOZOIA$20,100
BALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC$12,000
MUCH LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE$10,602
BIG LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE$10,500
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
START RESCUE$7,540
Individual grant recipient$5,600
Individual grant recipient$5,550
Individual grant recipient$5,300
GENTLE BARN$5,102
FORTE ANIMAL RESCUE$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 (FY23–25, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUPPLIES FOR SUCCESS: $512 → 7%VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE: $5k → 14%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $500 → 17%VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE: $3k → 14%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $500 → 17%GRASS ROOTS NEIGHBORS: $590 → 14%HETRICK MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $2k → 17%VOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE: $2k → 14%HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE: $1k → 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

WA
IL
NY
MA
IA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KS
DC
FL
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.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$690k · 32 repeat orgs$527k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 47 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
31

Total granted

$690k
$348k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

78%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $260k · revenue +4%
  • GL
    GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $77k · revenue +9%
  • CI
    CUREPSP INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +139%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HARKIN INSTITUTE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • HI
    HARKIN INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
    one grant, 2024 · $27k · revenue 0%
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.

1
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
2
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
3
J-Lo's Animal Rescue & Sanctuary in

Animal care and rescue

Animals
4
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
5
Paws - Preservation of Animal Welfare & Safety Inc

The organization is a no-kill animal rescue. paws saves lives and prevents suffering by implementing the no-kill philosophy through aggressive spay/neuter programs for owned and unowned animals. this is accomplished by rescuing, fostering,…

Animals
6
Pet Rescue Miami Inc
Animals
7
Animal Rescuers Without Borders

Battling against the overpopulation of homeless pets and improving the lives of companion animals through rescue, fostering programs, adoption, pet care, educational programs and of course spaying and neutering.

Animals
8
Kiss for Homeless Animals
Animals
9
North Beach Progressive Animal Welfare Society dba North Beach Paws

Committed to saving the lives of homeless and unwanted dogs and cats by providing shelter or foster care, and to seek permanent, loving homes for them.

Animals
10
Global Canine and Feline Rescue Association Inc

We rescue cats and dogs suffered on the street and in endangered locations in both new york and china. the mission of our no-kill shelter is to provide stray cats with safe haven and veterinary care before placing them in forever loving…

Animals
11
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
12
American Alliance for Protection of Animals Aapa Inc

American Alliance for Protection of Animals is a not for profit charity organization based in New York City, that protects animals and promotes animal welfare. We educate and spread awareness about animal cruelty and neglect and puppy…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca of Westchester Inc; the most unlike its peers is Big Dog Energy. 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

76 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. 76 of the 111 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
39/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HARKIN INSTITUTE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherTHE HARKIN INSTITUTE AT DRAKE UNIVERSITYHARKIN INSTITUTE: $100,000 · OtherHARKIN INSTITUTEAMFAR FOUNDATIONS FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $70,000 · OtherAMFAR FOUNDATIONS FOR AIDS RESEARCHIndividual grant recipient: $41,103 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $19,000 · Other+44 more: $149,119 · Other+44 moreDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $260,000 · EducationDRAKE UNIVERSITYPREP FOR PREP: $12,500 · Education+2 more: $1,460 · EducationPHILOZOIA: $32,100 · AnimalsPHILOZOIAOLYMPIC PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY: $23,000 · AnimalsOLYMPIC PENINSUL…Much Love Animal Rescue: $18,602 · AnimalsMuch Love Animal…SHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $17,540 · AnimalsSHELTER TRANSPOR…TAKE ME HOME: $15,000 · AnimalsTAKE ME HOMEHug Hearts Foundation: $13,000 · AnimalsHug Hearts Found…BIG LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE: $10,500 · AnimalsBIG LOVE ANIMAL …+26 more: $47,672 · Animals+26 moreCUREPSP INC: $50,000 · HealthCUREPSP I…THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $27,000 · HealthTHE FOUND…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $24,500 · HealthPLANNED P…GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $77,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $22,200 · Arts & CultureNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMuseum of Modern Art: $3,000 · Arts & CultureWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,700 · Arts & CultureFriends of the Brentwood Art Center: $2,000 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $5,400 · Arts & CultureJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$523,222Education$273,960Animals$177,414Health$101,500Food & Nutrition$79,000Arts & Culture$57,300Philanthropy$17,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDRAKE UNIVERSITY: $260,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER INC: $77,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCUREPSP INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetPHILOZOIA: $32,100 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $24,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLYMPIC PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY: $23,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $22,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuch Love Animal Rescue: $18,602 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetSHELTER TRANSPORT ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM: $17,540 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTAKE ME HOME: $15,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHug Hearts Foundation: $13,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER COLLECTIVE: $9,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForte Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetMALTZ JUPITER THEATRE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF NACHUSA GRASSLANDS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREENBAUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Cat Connection: $4,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetSTRAY CAT ALLIANCE: $3,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCarson Cats Rescue: $3,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HETRICK-MARTIN INSTITUTE INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Foster Network: $2,500 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetDenkai Animal Sanctuary: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCanine Adoption and Rescue League: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Brentwood Art Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LOVEJOY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BROOKLYN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEACH DOG RESCUE: $1,230 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBIG DOG ENERGY: $1,180 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetKitty of Angels Inc: $1,033 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSNACK & FRIENDS INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHIQUITAS FRIENDS: $1,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSPCA OF WESTCHESTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalm Beach County Food Bank Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEITY ANIMAL RESCUE AND FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Mary Jo and Hank Gree…Thornton S Jr and Kat…The Michelson Found A…Greater Good CharitiesConrad N Hilton Found…Hope for PawsKayne Anderson Capita…Pedigree FoundationBest Friends Animal S…The American Society …Petco LoveEthel Frends Charitab…
Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare FoundationCA24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mary Jo and Hank Greenberg Animal Welfare Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · The Michelson Found Animals Foundation Inc · Greater Good Charities · Conrad N Hilton Foundation · Hope for Paws · Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Petco Love · Ethel Frends Charitable 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 Sussman Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sussman Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Sussman Family Foundation Inc 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 111 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.

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