Wisconsin · Private foundation
Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation
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.
- $162k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $391k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $183k 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 | 5 | $162k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $349k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $144k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $236k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $279k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $257k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $545k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $89k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $1,455,000 | 8 | 1% |
| St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care | $177,265 | 9 | 0% |
| Conservancy for Healing & | $150,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Carroll University Inc | $128,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $59,726 | 6 | 0% |
| Acts Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Every Child | $12,200 | 4 | 7% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin Dance Team Ltd | $7,873 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc | $1,455,000 | 8 | 1% |
| St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care | $177,265 | 9 | 0% |
| Conservancy for Healing & | $150,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Carroll University Inc | $128,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc | $59,726 | 6 | 0% |
| Acts Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Nourish Every Child | $12,200 | 4 | 7% |
| The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin Dance Team Ltd | $7,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe & Sound Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Milwaukee Human Concerns Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aurora Health Care Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Young America's Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Rescue Mission | $2,805 | 4 | n/a |
| American Lung Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Silver Stirrup Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Meghans Mission Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($293k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable 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: Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation
- How much does Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation give?
- Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $162,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (61%), Education (15%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc ($1.5M), St Ann Center for Intergenerational Care ($177k), Conservancy for Healing & ($150k).
- Does Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable 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 Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation.
- Where is Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation based?
- Timothy and Vivian Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation is based in WI.
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