Delaware · Private foundation
The Sye 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.
- $264k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,088
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $149,264
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Sye Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 8 | $264k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $193k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $210k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $189k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $164k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $157k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $34k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mad Foundation Inc | $907,496 | 7 | 31% |
| National Taiwan University Medical College Alumni Foundation | $55,616 | 5 | 39% |
| DC Greens Inc | $50,176 | 2 | 1% |
| 826dc Inc | $45,440 | 5 | 1% |
| Zero Foodprint | $35,440 | 6 | 2% |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 1% |
| The James Beard Foundation Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles | $10,088 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mad Foundation Inc | $907,496 | 7 | 31% |
| National Taiwan University Medical College Alumni Foundation | $55,616 | 5 | 39% |
| DC Greens Inc | $50,176 | 2 | 1% |
| 826dc Inc | $45,440 | 5 | 1% |
| Zero Foodprint | $35,440 | 6 | 2% |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 1% |
| The James Beard Foundation Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles | $10,088 | 1 | n/a |
| Planned Parenthood of Western Pa Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington DC Inc | $10,088 | 1 | 0% |
| New London Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Civil Eats | $5,088 | 1 | 1% |
| Soul Fire Farm Institute Inc | $5,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Monmouth Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $5,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Corning Day Programs Inc | $5,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Syracuse University | $5,088 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Akilah Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sye Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sye Fund
- How much does The Sye Fund give?
- The Sye Fund reported 9 grants totaling $263,968 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Sye Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (82%), Health (8%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are The Sye Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Mad Foundation Inc ($907k), National Taiwan University Medical College Alumni Foundation ($56k), DC Greens Inc ($50k).
- Does The Sye Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sye 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 Sye Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is The Sye Fund based?
- The Sye Fund is based in DE.
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