FundersMassachusetts

The Sudarsky Family Foundation Inc

West Newton, MA · EIN 83-1362706. Reported 122 grants totalling $3,553,000 to 46 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$20,000median grant
$3,553,000granted, 2021-2024
46organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$19.8Massets, 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. The Sudarsky Family 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 $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
4 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
16 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
52 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
19 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
24 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 grants

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
Hartford Foundation of Public GivingHartford, CT$400,000442024
William J Brennan JR Center for JusticeNew York, NY$380,000442024
National Endowment for the ArtsWashington, DC$370,000442024
Joslin Diabetes ResearchBoston, MA$220,000442024
Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NY$200,000442024
American Civil Liberties Union FoundationNew York, NY$192,000442024
Feeding AmericaChicago, IL$140,000442024
The UCLA FoundationLos Angeles, CA$140,000332024
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund IncNew York, NY$133,000332024
The Jewish MusuemNew York, NY$90,000442024
Planned Parenthood League of MassachusettsBoston, MA$85,000222024
The Posse FoundationWashington, DC$85,000442024
Anti-Defamation LeagueNew York, NY$75,000332024
Partners in HealthBoston, MA$75,000332023
Marlboro Music SchoolBrattleboro, VT$60,000442024
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaNew York, NY$60,000112021
Southern Poverty Law CenterMontgomery, AL$50,000112021
The University of Connecticut Foundation IncStorrs Mansfield, CT$50,000222022
Water OrgKansas City, MO$50,000112024
Central SynagogueNew York, NY$48,000442024
Surfrider FoundationSan Clemento, CA$46,000332024
City Squash IncThe Bronx, NY$40,000222024
Museum of Modern ArtNew York, NY$40,000222022
Pro Publica IncNew York, NY$40,000222024
PropublicaNew York, NY$40,000222022
Yiddish Book CenterAmherst, MA$40,000442024
CitysquashThe Bronx, NY$37,750222022
Center for Hearing and CommunicationChapel Hill, NC$30,500442024
Education Through Music IncStockton, CA$30,000332024
Stanley Fund for the Broad InstituteCambridge, MA$30,000332024
The Brigid AllianceNew York, NY$30,000112022
The Brooklyn Arts Council IncBrooklyn, NY$30,000332024
Loomis Chaffe SchoolWindsor, CT$25,000332024
Sandy Hook Promise FoundationNewtown, CT$23,000112024
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MA$20,000222022
Connecticut CollegeNew London, CT$20,000442024
Save Our SoundHyannis, MA$20,000222022
Speakeasy Stage CompanyBoston, MA$20,000222022
Mitchell InstitutePortland, ME$19,000442024
Congregation Beth IsraelWest Hartford, CT$17,500442024
Breast Cancer Research FoundationNew York, NY$15,000112021
Boston Shakespeare Project IncBoston, MA$10,000112021
Brain & Behavior Research FoundationNew York, NY$10,000112021
God's Love We DeliverNew York, NY$7,500112021
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital IncMemphis, TN$5,000112021
Facing History and Ourselves IncCleveland Heights, OH$3,750112021

35 of 46 (76%) 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 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 73 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
21 grants
Arts & Culture
14 grants
Health Care
6 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Crime & Legal
5 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
5 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Medical Research
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202134$930,000$16,375
202233$900,000$20,000
202326$800,000$20,000
202429$923,000$20,000

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. 41% 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
$1.5M
Connecticut
$536K
Massachusetts
$520K
District of Columbia
$455K
California
$216K
Illinois
$140K
Vermont
$60K
Missouri
$50K

Find more foundations like The Sudarsky Family Foundation Inc

We email you newly filed foundations whose giving matches your state and cause, as the IRS publishes them. Free.

No spam, unsubscribe in one click. We never sell or share your address.

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 Fund18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc18 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program17 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc17 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc16 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust15 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. 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.

Related guides

Foundations funding education in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding arts & culture in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding health care in New YorkEvery funder in this group, rankedFoundations funding education in ConnecticutEvery funder in this group, ranked

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Sudarsky Family 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: 8 Barnstable Road, West Newton, MA, 02465. 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 83-1362706 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

Is something here wrong about your foundation? Email hello@funderscope.com and we will correct it.