Suna Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and any approach is best made through an existing link to it.
- Its recipients are varied, from a university and a museum to child and family services, animal rescue and food distribution, but most grants are recorded only as furthering the recipient's exempt purpose, so its record gives little sense of a specific fit.
- In its latest filing, 95% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in an earlier filing, so relationships with existing grantees carry much of its giving.
- Half of its 36 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $1,500 and $250,000, so a modest request sits within its typical range, though the largest grant was $500,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Its geographic focus is not stated, though the filing shows grants mainly in New York, and the filing gives no timetable for approaches.
Overview
Suna Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Long Island City, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The available grant record shows support for a varied set of charitable organisations, rather than a stated field of funding. Recipients include a university and a museum, as well as organisations serving children and families, addressing mental health and learning challenges, supporting neurofibromatosis research and patient services, rescuing animals, providing religious support and distributing food. Most grants are recorded simply as furthering a donee’s exempt purpose, so the filings do not specify a more particular aim for most awards. The recorded giving is overwhelmingly directed to organisations in New York, with a small amount reaching Alabama.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 95% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 36 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 55% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 95% of grant dollars went to organisations Suna Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 3% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 14 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $12,500 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Cornell University · To further donees exempt purpose$500,0002024 tax year
- Queens Museum · To further donees exempt purpose$245,0002024 tax year
- Queens Museum · To further donees exempt purpose$60,2502024 tax year
- Montefiore Einstein · To further donees exempt purpose$25,0002024 tax year
- Uja Federation New York · To further donees exempt purpose$25,0002024 tax year
- Child Mind Institute · To further donees exempt purpose$25,0002024 tax year
- Ossining Children's Center · To further donees exempt purpose$15,0002024 tax year
- Open Door Foundation · To further donees exempt purpose$10,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Joshua Suna — Treasurer
- Rachel Suna Britchkow — Secretary
- Joanne Suna — Vice President
- Alan Suna — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $895,042 | $747,800 | $15,905,039 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $1,008,489 | $858,300 | $17,070,138 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,104,241 | $948,250 | $17,712,757 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Long Island City, NY
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Contact
- Long Island City, NY