The Ann Ludington Sullivan
Chapel Hill, NC · EIN 38-3323702. Reported 123 grants totalling $247,518 to 58 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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 Ann Ludington Sullivan 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $10,000. 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wunc Public Radio | Chapel Hill, NC | $20,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Porch Inc | Chapel Hill, NC | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $13,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sandy Hook Promise | Newton, CT | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| PBS North Carolina | Research Triangle Park, NC | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Roanoke College | Salem, VA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Chapel Hill, NC | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Durham Nativity School | Durham, NC | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Eruuf | Durham, NC | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clinton Global Initiative | Little Rock, AR | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Skjaja Fund | Carrboro, NC | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Un Refugee Agency | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Brain & Behavior Rsch Foundation | New York, NY | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Inter-Faith Council for Social Serv | Carrboro, NC | $3,068 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| All Hand and Hearts | Mattapoisett, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Carolina Abortion Fund | Raleigh, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Global Fund for Women | San Francisco, CA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Triangle Land Conservancy | Durham, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Music Maker Relief Foundation | Hillsborough, NC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Orange County Rape Crisis Ctr | Chapil Hill, NC | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Council for Soc Service | Corrboro, NC | $2,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $2,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Pre | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Chapel Hill Public School | Carrboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Fund for Woman | San Francisco, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Council for Social Servi | Carrboro, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Justice Center | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| PAWS4EVER | Mebane, NC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Miami Foundation | Miami, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Prochoice Nc Foundation | Durham, NC | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Marian Cheek Jackson Ctr | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Found of Suicide Prev | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ch-C Public School Foundation | Carrboro, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chc Public School Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cycle for Survival | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Side Soup Kitchen | Saginaw, MI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Freedom House Recover Center | Chapel Hill, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Global Give - Ukraine Crisis Relief | Washinton, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Legal Aid of Nc | Raleigh, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Razom | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Safe Harbour | Carlisle, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Susan Komen Breast Ca Found | Dallas, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United We Dream | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healing Pines Respite | Chapel Hill, NC | $750 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Huru International | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics | Morrisville, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Arts Center | Carrboro, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Southern Orange Rescue Squad | Carrboro, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Movember Foundation | Culver City, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Chapel Hill, NC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Access of Durham County | Durham, NC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding | Old Lyme, CT | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
27 of 58 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 63%, across 4 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.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 70 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 | 28 | $49,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 26 | $50,000 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $49,450 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 18 | $43,500 | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | $55,068 | $2,000 |
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
46% of its giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
- 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 Ann Ludington Sullivan's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). 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: 525 Tilleys Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516. 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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