The Greater Sum Inc
Jacksonville, FL · EIN 81-2326204. Reported 41 grants totalling $320,393 to 35 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 Greater Sum 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 $6,405. Half of everything it gave fell between $400 and $11,430; the smallest was $100 and the largest $23,655. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respond - Crisis Translation | Mountain View, CA | $41,510 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brain Education Strategies & Technology | Laguna Hills, CA | $37,792 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Issue Voter | Los Angelas, CA | $23,655 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Worthy Mentoring | Washington, DC | $21,302 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Barakat Bundle | Newton Upper Falls, MA | $20,533 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grassroots Grocery | Jacksonville, FL | $20,530 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Wesley House | San Diego, CA | $18,455 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| For the Love of Primates | Reynoldsburg, OH | $16,014 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New 3RS | New York, NY | $14,647 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Leading Girls | San Francisco, CA | $14,230 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pineapple Women | Los Angeles, CA | $11,430 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empowr | Atlanta, GA | $10,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evermore | Washington, DC | $10,020 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wikitongues | Brooklyn, NY | $10,012 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| You Are Safe Here | Surfside, CA | $9,790 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Start Lighthouse | New York, NY | $8,866 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice | Boston, MA | $7,681 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Defend Them All | Portland, OR | $6,405 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Heroic Gardens | Jenkintown, PA | $4,280 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art Prevails Project | Ft Lauderdale, FL | $3,090 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fluffy Friends for Children With Chronic Conditions | Knoxville, TN | $3,024 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yogaloka | Gainesville, FL | $1,472 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Teetotal Initiative | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mai Soli | Wellesley Hls, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Karat School Project | Palo Alto, CA | $505 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Unity Hall | Baltimore, MD | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Afghan Female Student Outreach | West Hartford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Codex | Redwood City, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ecologistics | Los Osos, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inform Your Community | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| International Girls Academy | Newark, NJ | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kits to Heart | Clarksville, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pittsburgh Hires Veterans | Pittsburgh, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Tutors | Southport, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Warrior Writers of Culture Trust | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
5 of 35 (14%) 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 20%, 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 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.
- Issue Voter
Providing data to hold elected repre- sentatives accountable. - Barakat Bundle
Create educationfor mothers in needin South Asia - Wesley House
Assist the studentresidences a safe place to live and study - Girls Leading Girls
Leadership trainingto girls throughfemale coached soccer - Defend Them All
Target to improvelegal protectionof animals - Heroic Gardens
Connects veteranswith plants andnature.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 25 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | $94,375 | $3,090 |
| 2022 | 4 | $54,299 | $14,580 |
| 2023 | 6 | $64,399 | $10,132 |
| 2024 | 18 | $107,320 | $5,352 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Greater Sum Inc has 24 of them, worth $287,659. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Freeworld | San Jose, CA | $30,827 |
| Brain Education Strategies & Technology | Laguna Hills, CA | $29,161 |
| Sexual Violence Prevention Association | Wareham, MA | $25,416 |
| Afghan Female Student Outreach | West Hartford, CT | $21,401 |
| Respond - Crisis Translation | Mountain View, CA | $20,705 |
| Hear Your Song | New York, NY | $16,339 |
| For the Love of Primates | Reynoldsburg, OH | $16,014 |
| The New 3RS | New York, NY | $14,647 |
| Teetotal Initiative | Pittsburgh, PA | $11,511 |
| Pineapple Women | Los Angeles, CA | $11,430 |
| Worthy Mentoring | Washington, DC | $11,302 |
| World Tutors | Southport, CT | $10,905 |
| Evermore | Washington, DC | $10,020 |
| Wikitongues | Brooklyn, NY | $10,012 |
| You Are Safe Here | Surfside, CA | $9,790 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 49% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. 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 $6,405. 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 California.
- 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 Greater Sum 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: Po Box 60992, Jacksonville, FL, 32236. 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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