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Private foundation (trust)EIN 131951698Est. 1957-01

SHERMAN FAIRCHILD FOUNDATION INC

CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815

Total Assets

$1.1B

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$48.3M

FY 2024

Grants Made

88

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$549K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$15K–$10M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Corporate Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$68.8M

Total Expenses

$55.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$51.1M

Distributable Amount

$49.9M

Min. Investment Return

$50.7M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

88 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $15K through median $73K to maximum $10M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $58.1M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

362 grants

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
$17.8M
5 grants
Northwestern University
$16.6M
3 grants
California Institute of Technology
$14.3M
4 grants
University of Southern California
$10.3M
9 grants
Union Theological Seminary
$10M
1 grant
The Morgan Library & Museum
$10M
1 grant
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
$7.5M
1 grant
The New 42nd Street Inc
$6.6M
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

362 grants

<$10K
8
grants
$10–50K
154
grants
$50–250K
122
grants
$250K–1M
46
grants
$1–5M
24
grants
$5M+
8
grants

Geographic Focus

38 states

New York
$86.2M
46% of total
California
$32.0M
17% of total
Illinois
$19.1M
10% of total
North Carolina
$7.6M
4% of total
Massachusetts
$6.7M
4% of total
Ohio
$6.4M
3% of total
Florida
$6.1M
3% of total
Alabama
$5M
3% of total
Connecticut
$4.7M
2% of total
District of Columbia
$4.1M
2% of total

+28 more states

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