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Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation at a glance

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Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation

The foundation makes grants to various organizations in furtherance of the foundation's supporting organization status under irc section 509(a)(3).

$308k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$496kHousing & Shelter$285kHuman Services$245kReligion$140kFood & Nutrition$62kYouth Development$58kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kPhilanthropy$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 19 grants below total $243,131, the rows itemized in this filing. The $308,131 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $65,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL$30,000
JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME$20,000
METRO CATHOLIC SCHOOL$20,000
COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA$15,000
THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN$15,000
BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL$13,131
MAY DUGAN CENTER$10,000
COMMUNITY OF HOPE$10,000
WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER$10,000
ST AUGUSTINE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD$10,000
BAYARTS$10,000
ZELIE'S HOME$10,000
COMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION$10,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND$10,000
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 (FY18–24, $245k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAGGIE'S PLACE: $10k → 11%COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $15k → 10%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $15k → 17%JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME: $20k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $13k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $15k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%FILL THIS HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%JOSEPH'S HOME: $10k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $10k → 17%ST HERMAN HOUSE FOCUS CLEVELAND: $7k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 26 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
9

Total granted

$1.2M
$222k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+64%

Still filing today

69%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • CH
    COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA
    7× · 2018–2024 · $98k · revenue +100%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND
    7× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +23%
  • MH
    MALACHI HOUSE
    6× · 2018–2023 · $55k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • AO
    ARCHDIOCES OF SAN JUAN PR
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • SJ
    ST JOSEPH ACADEMY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k
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
Habitat for Humanity of Cleveland Inc

Habitat for humanity of cleveland is a non-profit christian housing ministry. habitat works in partnership with god and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities for people in need by building and selling houses…

Housing & Shelter
2
Community Human Services Corporation

Chs empowers individuals and families to live in stable housing, connect to community resources, build relationships and access quality food.

Human Services
3
Findlay Hope House for the Homeless Inc

The mission of hope house is to provide housing solutions, support and education to meet the needs of individuals and families facing homelessness in our community.

Housing & Shelter
4
Cathedral Center Inc

Cathedral center's mission is to provide a safe environment for women and families, while working to end homelessness one life at a time. the cathedral center serves unaccompanied women and families with children who are homeless or…

Religion
5
Columbus House Inc

Columbus house serves people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk by providing life-saving outreach, shelter, and housing and by fostering their personal growth and independence. we advocate for and create affordable housing to…

Housing & Shelter
6
Cleveland Christian Home Inc

The Cleveland Christian Home, Inc. exists to be a haven of hope for children, youth, and families struggling with mental illness, abuse, and neglect in Northeast Ohio.

Religion
7
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pgh

Catholic charities serves to not only meet the immediate needs of the vulnerable within our communities but to provide solutions that embrace a path to stability for those we are privileged to serve. catholic charities is the primary…

Human Services
8
Catholic Charities of Kansas City - St Joseph Inc

Helping people move to a better life through hope-filled care, services, and advocacy; calling all those of goodwill to join us

Human Services
9
Magnificat Houses Inc

Magnificat Houses, Inc. offers a welcoming community where those needing housing, food and mental health programs can grow in stability, productivity and independence.

Health
10
St Jude House Inc

MISSION - ST. JUDE HOUSE, Inc. (St. Jude House) IS a family violence prevention center and shelter; our mission is TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND SERVE WITH JOY. Vision - St. Jude House is a catalyst in Northwest Indiana for the prevention,…

Housing & Shelter
11
Samaritan House Inc

Provide shelter and basic needs for homeless people. while fostering self-respect and human dignity, samaritan house will encourage the residents' efforts to find employment and housing.

Housing & Shelter
12
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Promise of Greater Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Bayarts. 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

26 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. 26 of the 38 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METRO CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $115,000 · OtherMETRO CATHOLIC SCHOOLCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $100,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USACLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $83,015 · OtherCLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC SCHOOLCLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $60,000 · OtherFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELANDMALACHI HOUSE: $55,000 · OtherMALACHI HOUSEBENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL: $53,131 · OtherBENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOLARCHDIOCES OF SAN JUAN PR: $50,000 · OtherARCHDIOCES OF SAN JUAN PRURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO: $38,000 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherST AUGUSTINE COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: $30,000 · Other+9 more: $150,000 · Other+9 moreCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $97,500 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKAMAY DUGAN CENTER: $50,000 · Human ServicesMAY DUGAN CENTERJOSEPH & MARY'S HOME: $50,000 · Human ServicesJOSEPH & MARY'S HOMEWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTERFILL THIS HOUSE INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesFILL THIS HOUSE INCTHE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $30,000 · Human ServicesTHE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN+3 more: $27,000 · Human Services+3 moreST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL: $80,000 · EducationTHE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationHOUSE OF CHAMPIONS: $10,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterZELIE'S HOME: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $25,000 · Food & NutritionST PAUL'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$879,146Human Services$327,000Education$110,000Housing & Shelter$70,000Food & Nutrition$25,000Health$20,000Community Improvement$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOVENANT HOUSE ALASKA: $97,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL: $80,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $60,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE: $55,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetMAY DUGAN CENTER: $50,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetJOSEPH & MARY'S HOME: $50,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetURBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $40,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO: $38,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFILL THIS HOUSE INC: $32,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetTHE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $30,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetST PAUL'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $20,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetBAYARTS: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetZELIE'S HOME: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL: $20,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY OF HOPE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAGGIE'S PLACE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST HERMAN HOUSE FOCUS CLEVELAND: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ALASKA ↗
  • Who funds ST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF GREATER CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SERVICE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MAY DUGAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds JOSEPH & MARY'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FILL THIS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds HUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds BAYARTS ↗
  • Who funds ZELIE'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE AVENUE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF CHAMPIONS ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds MAGGIE'S PLACE ↗
  • Who funds ST HERMAN HOUSE FOCUS CLEVELAND ↗

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.

Catholic Community Fo…The Cleveland Foundat…Community West Founda…Murphy Family Foundat…The Reuter FoundationThe Reinberger Founda…Higley Fund of the Cl…Sisters of Charity Fo…The Cleveland Clinic …The Cleveland Clinic …The Swagelok Foundati…The Sam J Frankino Fo…
Catholic Community FoundationOH60.2× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Community West Foundation · Murphy Family Foundation · The Reuter Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Sam J Frankino 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 Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Thomas C&Sandra S Sullivan 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.

    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 38 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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