Nevada · Private foundation
The Sycamore Fund
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.
- $478k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $27,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $87,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $358k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Sycamore Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $171k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $478k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $421k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $178k | 63% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $66k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $130k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $105k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $108k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Rose Dominican Health Foundation | $396,000 | 5 | 1% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $130,770 | 2 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $97,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clearity Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Opportunity Village Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muttville | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Valley Hospital Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunity Village | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Read to Lead Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Rose Dominican Health Foundation | $396,000 | 5 | 1% |
| A Precious Child Inc | $130,770 | 2 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $97,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clearity Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Opportunity Village Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Peace of Mind Dog Rescue | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Muttville | $36,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Valley Hospital Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunity Village | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Read to Lead Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No One Left Behind | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alice Lloyd College | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project 150 | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $2,550 | 2 | 0% |
| Weld Elves | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Covenant House | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($638k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sycamore Fund 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sycamore Fund
- How much does The Sycamore Fund give?
- The Sycamore Fund reported 14 grants totaling $478,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Sycamore Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Education (11%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Sycamore Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Rose Dominican Health Foundation ($396k), A Precious Child Inc ($131k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($97k).
- Does The Sycamore Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sycamore Fund 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 Sycamore Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Sycamore Fund based?
- The Sycamore Fund is based in NV.
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