Sulentic Family Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 20-8025263. Reported 143 grants totalling $2,142,513 to 58 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Sulentic Family Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Sulentic Family Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 6 grants totalling $60,000 to them. That is 4% of the $1,446,921 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | federated giving programme | Texas | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,958 and $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $105,514.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Baptist Church | Dallas, TX | $358,842 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Canine Companions for Independence | Santa Rosa, CA | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dallas Wind Symphony | Dallas, TX | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Harvard Business School | Boston, MA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Iowa State University Foundation | Ames, IA | $160,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cbre Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $103,000 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Baylor Health Care System Foundation | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Behind Every Door Ministries Inc | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $61,319 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eo Wilson Biodiversity Foundation | Durham, NC | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Heroes and Horses Inc | Belgrade, MT | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Khan Academy Inc | Mountain View, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Holy Innocents Childrens Malaria Hospital Uganda I | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | Dallas, TX | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 4WORD | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child Mind Institute Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Childrens Advocacy Center | Dallas, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Albert Catholic High School | Council Bluffs, IA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| In the City for Good | Dallas, TX | $24,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul Community Outreach O | Dallas, TX | $21,466 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lung Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Foundation for Community Empowerment | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hillcrest High School Community Foundation | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Preston Road Church of Christ | Dallas, TX | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ferguson Road Initiative | Dallas, TX | $10,540 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation | Dallas, TX | $10,531 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council Bluffs Schools Foundation Inc | Council Blfs, IA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | Geneva | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trec Community Investors | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Jewish Appeal Federation of Jewish Philanth | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United to Learn | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Out Teach | Washington, DC | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jdrf International | New York, NY | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pushing for Pink | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Scholarshot | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Parish Episcopal School | Dallas, TX | $4,372 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metrocrest Services | Carrollton, TX | $4,353 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey Dallas High School Inc | Dallas, TX | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul Diocesan Council of | Dallas, TX | $3,856 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough T1D | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chef Showcase Foundation | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Our Friends Place | Dallas, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Carry the Load | Dallas, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation | Arlington, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Girls Incorporated of Metropolitan Dallas | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Real School Gardens | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association Inc | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| L I R a Group | Duncanville, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mbx Foundation | Manhattan Bch, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kathys Sunshine Outreach Center | Dallas, TX | $984 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | New York, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
33 of 58 (57%) 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Cornerstone Baptist Church
General & Unrestricted (IN-KIND GRANT - SEE GENERAL EXPLANATION) - Behind Every Door Ministries Inc
Cedar Crest Capital Campaign Fund - Harvard Business School
HBS Fund for Student Financial Aid - Canine Companions for Independence
the South Central Region to be used in support of the prison puppy raising programs at Carswell, Bryan, Bastrop and Beaumont; to one program in Phoenix, the South West Region, to be used in support of a service team that contains a dog raised in one of the SCR prison programs - Iowa State University Foundation
the Sulentic Family Success Grant Fund and to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Excellence Fund - Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc
Catholic Charities of Dallas Afghan Refugee Resettlement Program to be used to support the cost of rent, to purchase furnishings, household items and food for refugees
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 97 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $569,968 | $4,372 |
| 2022 | 37 | $620,644 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $426,077 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 26 | $525,824 | $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
51% of its giving went to organizations in Texas.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sulentic Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 20-8025263 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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