Sullivan Foundation
West Hartford, CT · EIN 06-1501914. Reported 107 grants totalling $400,946 to 71 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Sullivan Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renbrook School | West Hartford, CT | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dog Star Rescue | Bloomfield, CT | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New Britain YMCA | New Britain, CT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph University | West Hartford, CT | $18,101 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridge Family Center | West Hartford, CT | $15,880 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hartford Catholic Worker | Hartford, CT | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Collaborative Center for Justice | Hartford, CT | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Bar Foundation | Hartford, CT | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Horizons | Westport, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Indian River Habitat for Humanity | Vero Beach, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Winding Trails | Farmington, CT | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Hartford County Bar Foundation Inc | Hartford, CT | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Tara Rescue Farm | Coventry, CT | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| My Sisters Place | Hartford, CT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Greater Hartford | Hartford, CT | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| May Cares Foundation | Kohler, WI | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tara Farm Rescue | Coventry, CT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Amy's Angels Inc | Simsbury, CT | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Anthony and St Patrick | Hartford, CT | $5,800 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ron Foley Foundation | West Hartford, CT | $5,005 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Foodshare | Wallingford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Footware With Care Co Fleet Feet | West Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fordham Fund | Bronx, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Special Care | New Britain, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kingswood Oxford | West Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cove Center for Grieving Children | Cheshire, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Town That Cares | West Hartford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | Palm Beach Gardens, CT | $4,010 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Holy Cross School | Waterbury, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| House of Bread | Hartford, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Enfield, CT | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Ct YMCA | Torrington, CT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Capitol Squash | Harfford, CT | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Church Farmington | Farmington, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Loaves and Fishes Ministries | Hartford, CT | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archbishops Annual Appeal | Hartford, CT | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brain Injury Alliance | Windsor, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Church of Christ | Farmington, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grace Academy | Hartford, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sacred Heart Church | Hartford, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Duncaster Foundation | Bloomfield, CT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Proyecto M Foundation Co | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Windham Region No Freeze Project | Willimantic, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Colon Cancer Coalition | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Connecticut Veterans Legal Center | West Haven, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ct Cycling Advancement Program | Middletown, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Chick Mission | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Cobb School | Simsbury, CT | $2,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Academy of Waterbury | Waterbury, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Alexandria, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Clinic Indian River | Vero Beach, FL | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin Academy | East Haddam, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hgc Scholarship Foundation | Newton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holy Cross Cathedral Church | Boston, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jimmy's Fund | Brookline, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shoreline Kitchens Pantrys | Essex, CT | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Old Mount Carmel | Hamden, CT | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amys Angels | Weatogue, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bristol Adult Resources Center | Bristol, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Caring Ctr for Women Angel | New Braunfels, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia Cancer - Colon and Rectal Cancer Program of Ny | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution Inc | Darien, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocese of Palm Beach | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Share | Bloomfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franciscan Friars of the Atonement | Garrison, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holy Family Retreat Center | West Hartford, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hospital for Speacial Care | New Britain, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kitty Angels of Ct | Coventry, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Farmington Unico | Farmington, CT | $975 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Interval House | Hartford, CT | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
23 of 71 (32%) 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 43%, 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 42 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $64,235 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 32 | $90,600 | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 21 | $88,721 | $2,800 |
| 2024 | 28 | $157,390 | $5,000 |
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. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Connecticut. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Connecticut.
- 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.
- 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 Sullivan Foundation'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: 836 Farmington Ave 138, West Hartford, CT, 06119. 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.
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