The Sue Bassett Foundation Inc
Melbourne, FL · EIN 27-1149168. Reported 20 grants totalling $277,980 to 19 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. The Sue Bassett 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $50,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Healh - West | Wyoming, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Helping Overpopulation of Pets End | Melbourne, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Central Florida Animal Reserve | St Cloud, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctuary Inc | Palm Shores, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sheltering Hands Inc | Ocala, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wild Florida Rescue Corp | Melbourne, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Five Friends Animal Rescue Inc | Titusville, FL | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matilda's Pet Sanctuary Inc | Cocoa, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chappy & Friends | Naperville, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Merritt Island, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Coast Zoological Society | Melbourne, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| East Coast Zoological Society of Fl | Melbourne, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida Wildlife Hospital | Melbourne, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pay to Spay Inc | Gainesville, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Companion Animal Care of Brevard | Melbourne, FL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brevard Humane Society | Cocoa, FL | $5,480 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| For the Love of Paws | Fellsmere, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rileys Rescue of Brevard Inc | Palm Bay, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Touch of Grey Rescue Inc | Melbourne, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
1 of 19 (5%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
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.
- University of Michigan Healh - West
CANCER TREATMENTS FOR WOMEN - Central Florida Animal Reserve
LONG-TERM CARE FOR GREAT CATS - Sheltering Hands Inc
CAT RESCUE, VACCINES, SPAY - Wild Florida Rescue Corp
EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR WILD LIFE - Chappy & Friends
PET RESCUE, SPAYING, VACCINES - Florida Wildlife Hospital & Sanctuary Inc
HELP COVER ESCALATING FACILITY COSTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 14 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | $20,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $247,980 | $10,000 |
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. 78% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. 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 $10,000. 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 Florida.
- 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 The Sue Bassett 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: 1795 West Nasa Blvd, Melbourne, FL, 32901. 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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