Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation

The Sullivan Foundation was a charitable organization formed by the New York legislature on March 30, 1930, with the mission of promoting:

The welfare of mankind ... and to continue, carry out and further the philanthropies and philanthropic aims of the late Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Mary Mildred Hammond Sullivan, and more particularly to contribute funds for the support, education, maintenance, care and training of children of any age and circumstance.

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation
FoundedMarch 30, 1930
FounderGeorge Sullivan
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Location
  • Oxford, Mississippi
Area served
Appalachian region of the Southeastern U.S
ProductFinancial Assistance
MethodScholarships
Key people
George Sullivan
Revenue (2017)
$ 1,619,549[1]
Expenses (2017)$ 655,303[1]
Websitewww.sullivanfdn.org

In their own words they ...

honor young men and women who show remarkable character and integrity, and who demonstrate a commitment to service to others. The Foundation provides scholarships to rising juniors at 31 colleges and universities, and presents annual awards to graduating seniors at 61 institutions. Most of the colleges and universities we serve are in the Appalachian region of the Southeastern U.S.[2]

For three quarters of a century, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation has worked to perpetuate qualities reflected in the life of the nineteenth century New Yorker after whom the foundation was named.

Founding principle

In the legacy of the services rendered by Algernon Sydney Sullivan and Mary Mildred Hammond Sullivan to people both in New York and in the Southern States, George Sullivan established the foundation in 1934. The Foundation primarily aims at providing financial assistance to deserving students in approximately 61 colleges. The foundation also provides education in the field of Social Entrepreneurship.

About Algernon Sydney Sullivan

Lawyer, devout Christian, mediator, orator, philanthropist, family man, Algernon Sydney Sullivan, in the words of a friend, "reached out both hands in constant helpfulness to men." And many were touched by him – from street beggars and Sunday school children, to the most powerful businessmen and politicians of the city. With all of them, he commanded affection and respect. Sullivan was a co-founder of the law firm that still carries his name, Sullivan & Cromwell.

The Southern Society in now gone, but ever since 1934, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation has continued to help both students and worthy institutions. Mr. Sullivan's son George never married, and the Sullivans left no direct descendants. Nonetheless, there have been heirs – three generations of scholarship and award recipients across the South. Through them, Algernon Sydney Sullivan and his wife Mary Mildred Hammond Sullivan still live and influence the lives of others.

Functions

From 1925 the foundation has helped students in diverse fields of study, by setting up scholarships with local colleges.[3]

Board of Trustees
  • Gray Williams, Jr. (Trustee Emeritus)
  • Stephan L. McDavid, Esq., President
  • Thomas S. Rankin
  • David C. Farrand
  • Elizabeth Hamilton Verner
  • Darla J. Wilkinson, Esq.
  • John Clayton Crouch
  • John C. Hardy
  • Philip C. Watt
  • Peter A. Rooney
  • Perry Wilson

Notes
  1. "Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation" (PDF). Candid. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. "Their motto". The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
  3. Kathleen Curtis Wilson (1 November 2005). Uplifting the South: Mary Mildred Sullivan's Legacy for Appalachia. The Overmountain Press. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-1-57072-302-5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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