FundersNew York

Sitchin Foundation Inc

West Harrison, NY · EIN 26-0814762. Reported 133 grants totalling $1,082,029 to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$5,241median grant
$1,082,029granted, 2021-2024
64organizations funded
54%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,202,564assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sitchin Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $5,241. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $54,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
12 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
46 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
33 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
32 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
9 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Aish South FloridaHollywood, FL$153,000442024
MomentumRockville, MD$78,600442024
Camp Ramah in the PoconosLakewood, PA$72,200332024
Beth El Synagogue CenterNew Rochelle, NY$71,974442024
Burn Design LabVashon, WA$64,800442024
Jack M Barrack Hebrew AcademyBryn Mawr, PA$60,000332024
HonestreportingcomNew York, NY$42,000332023
Schechter InstitutesPhiladelphia, PA$40,000442024
Leffell SchoolHartsdale, NY$34,912442024
Mizrahi Torah AcademyPlantation, FL$34,400332024
Jeanette Levin Bridal GemachFt Lauderdale, FL$34,000332024
KleinlifePhiladelphia, PA$30,000332024
Un WatchCase Postale, Switzerland$30,000222023
North Suburban Synagogue Beth ElHighland Park, IL$28,320442024
Childrens Hospital of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$28,000442024
Various CharitiesFlushing, NY$25,479332024
The ArkChicago, IL$24,000442024
New Zionist CongressRye, NY$23,737222022
Temple Israel CenterWhite Plains, NY$22,946442024
Binghamton University FoundationBinghamton, NY$18,000222022
Gratz CollegeMelrose Park, PA$12,000332024
Beit HalochemfidvNew York, NY$10,000112021
Israel Healing InitiativeBeverly Hills, CA$10,000112024
Tunnels to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$9,000112022
Jewish United FundChicago, IL$8,500442024
Home for Our TroopsTaunton, MA$6,500112021
Institute for Israel EducationRockville Centre, NY$6,255112022
Ramah Day CampElkins Park, PA$6,100442024
LajsaNew York, NY$6,000332023
Moraine Township Food PantryHighland Park, IL$6,000442024
Zichron Tzvi ElimelechFresh Meadows, NY$5,600112023
American Jewish CommitteeWhite Plains, NY$5,000112021
Friend of the IdfNew York, NY$5,000112021
Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL$5,000112024
Red Sea Reef FoundationNew York, NY$5,000112021
Tablet MagazinenextbookNew York, NY$5,000112021
WhyhungerNew York, NY$4,782222023
Good Karma Pet RescueFort Lauderdale, FL$4,600112023
Luekemia & Lymphoma SocietyRye Brook, NY$4,428112021
Young JudaeaNew York, NY$4,100112023
Congregation Rodfei TzedekChicago, IL$4,000442024
NashirahPhiladelphia, PA$4,000222023
Actors Theater WorkshopNew York, NY$3,000222024
Maot ChitinGreat Neck, NY$3,000112021
Aephi FoundationDanbury, CT$2,689222024
CajacNew York, NY$2,500112022
HiasWashington, DC$2,000112023
Jgive - Friends of Asor Fund USA IncLakewood, NJ$2,000112024
Joint Distribution CommitteeNew York, NY$2,000112023
Karmiel Children's VillageDobbs Ferry, NY$2,000112023
Moishe HouseCharlotte, NC$2,000112023
Solomon Schechter WestchesterHartsdale, NY$2,000112023
Camp Ramah in the BerkshiresWingdale, NY$1,800112023
Hillel FoundationWashington, DC$1,460222024
Temple EmunahLexington, MA$1,000112021
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$301112022
Harrison Police AssociationHarrison, NY$200112022
West Harrison Fire DepartmentWhite Plains, NY$200222022
Tulane HillelNew Orleans, LA$180112022
OmazLos Angeles, CA$150112022
American Friends of Lema'an AchaiOceanside, NY$100112022
Chabad of TulaneNew Orleans, LA$100112022
IthakaorgNew York, NY$66112022
Network for GoodWashington, DC$50112022

32 of 64 (50%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
14 grants
Education
10 grants
Recreation & Sports
7 grants
Religion
7 grants
Environment
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
International Affairs
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202135$328,303$6,500
202235$270,757$2,430
202336$282,864$5,260
202427$200,105$5,241

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 30% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New York
$326K
Pennsylvania
$252K
Florida
$226K
Maryland
$79K
Illinois
$76K
Washington
$65K
Switzerland
$30K
California
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund27 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc24 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program22 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust19 shared recipientsJewish Communal Fund18 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc17 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,241. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Sitchin Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 15 Shelley Ln, West Harrison, NY, 10604. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-0814762 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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