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Sior Foundation

Foundation · Grantmaker Washington, DC EIN: 52-0808480 Website

PROMOTE AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT EDUCATE, ENHANCE AND EXPAND THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY.

Key facts about Sior Foundation

In short: Sior Foundation gave $327K across 15 grants in 2024 (avg $22K), top state District of Columbia. 13% of 2024 grantees were new. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990 filing.

EIN
52-0808480
Latest 990 filing
Form 990 filing, 2024
Annual giving (2024)
$327,078
Grants made (2024)
15
Average grant
$21,805
Median grant
$8,500
New grantees (estimate)
13% first-time grantees (2 of 15, 2024)
Total assets
$8,093,809
Primary geography
District of Columbia (36% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990 filing, 2024; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Quick answers about Sior Foundation

How much does Sior Foundation give each year?

Sior Foundation gave $327K across 15 grants in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990 filing. In 2023 it gave $236K across 14 grants.

What is Sior Foundation's typical grant size?

Sior Foundation's median grant in 2024 was $8,500, and its average grant was $21,805, across 15 grants on its 2024 IRS Form 990 filing. Organizations receiving their first grant from Sior Foundation that year got $8K on average.

Where does Sior Foundation give grants?

Sior Foundation's top state is District of Columbia, with 36% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2024 IRS Form 990 filing. The next largest states were Illinois (19%) and Oregon (14%).

Does Sior Foundation give general operating support?

Not in 2024: none of the 15 grants with a stated purpose on Sior Foundation's 2024 IRS Form 990 filing were described as general or operating support.

Who are Sior Foundation's largest grantees?

Sior Foundation's largest 2024 grantees include Society of Industrial and Office Realtors ($118,000), Real Estate Executive Council ($50,000) and Portland State University Foundation ($45,000), according to its 2024 IRS Form 990 filing. Together they received 65% of its itemized 2024 grant dollars.

Is Sior Foundation open to new grantees?

13%

first-time grantees, 2024

In 2024, 2 of 15 grantees (13%) were first-time recipients. First grants averaged $8K; repeat grants $24K. How we count

Medians: $8K first-time, $9K repeat.

  • 80% of 2024 grantees were also funded in 2023. Method
  • Giving grew 98% from 2021 to 2024. Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2024). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

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Financial Overview

From 2024 IRS Form 990 filing · View filing

Total Assets

$8.1M

+12.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$327K

+38.4% YoY

Grant Count

15

+7.1% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$22K

+29.2% YoY

About Sior Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Sior Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $8.1M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 15 grants totaling $327K. Net investment income was $375K.

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

18states

Share of all 15 itemized 2024 grant dollars.

Cities

ChicagoDallasDanburyGreensboroLemoyneMinneapolisPortlandWashingtonSt LouisBuffalo GroveHoustonKansas CityLombardMiamiPhoenixTuscaloosaClevelandCollege StationDunwoodyEncino

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Qualifying Distributions
Net Investment Income
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M20202021202220232024
Metric202420232022
Total Assets$8,093,809$7,222,078$6,677,357
Revenue$797,704$663,262$1,402,912
Expenses$722,043$567,578$586,566
Qualifying Distributions———
Net Investment Income$374,989$184,706$915,863
Distributable Amount———

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K15 grants202010 grants202116 grants202214 grants202315 grants2024

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2024

Society of Industrial and Office Realtors: $118KSociety of Industrial andOffice Realtors$118KReal Estate Executive Council: $50KReal Estate Executive Council$50KPortland State University Foundation: $45KPortland State UniversityFoundation$45KThe Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama: $25KThe Board of Trustees of theUniversity of Alabama$25KSior Carolinas Chapter: $12KSior Carolinas Chapter$12KSior North Texas Chapter: $10KSior North Texas Chapter$10KSior Minnesota Chapter: $9KSior Minnesota Chapter$9KCrei Events LLC: $9KCrei Events LLC$9KSior Inland Empireorange Co Chapter: $8KSior Inland Empireorange CoChapter$8KSior Philadelphia Chapter: $8KSior Philadelphia Chapter$8K

Grant Size Distribution

70 grants across all recorded years

63<$50K6$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

Open Grants

6 open opportunities from Sior Foundation

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Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE REALTORS Washington, DCTO SUPPORT INFORMATIVE ARTICLES ON TIMELY, RELEVANT TOPICS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY ON CURRENT INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC TRENDS. TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDED SPEAKERS FROM THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY ON CURRENT INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC TRENDS.$118,000
REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Chicago, ILTO SUPPORT SUMMER ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR UNDERSERVED AND DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS$50,000
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Portland, ORTO HELP ESTABLISH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS ENGAGED IN REAL ESTATE STUDIES$45,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Tuscaloosa, ALTO SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS OVER 100,000 MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN THE FIELD OF REAL ESTATE BY 2032 BY PARTNERING WITH INDUSTRY TO DELIVER CREDENTIAL-BASED ENTRY LEVEL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.$25,000
SIOR CAROLINAS CHAPTER Greensboro, NCTO SUPPORT STUDENTS ENROLLED AT TWO ACCREDITED MRE PROGRAMS; TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDED SPEAKERS FROM THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY ON CURRENT INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC TRENDS; TO SUPPORT SEVEN STUDENTS' ATTENDANCE AT INDUSTRY RELATED EVENTS$12,122
SIOR NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER Dallas, TXTO SUPPORT EIGHT STUDENTS STUDYING AT FOUR ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN REAL ESTATE RELATED DEGREES.$10,000
SIOR MINNESOTA CHAPTER Minneapolis, MNTO SUPPORT SIX STUDENTS STUDYING AT TWO ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN REAL ESTATE RELATED DEGREES.$9,000
CREI EVENTS LLC Dunwoody, GATO SUPPORT INDUSTRY PROGRAM AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS BY LEADING PRACTITIONERS$8,500
SIOR INLAND EMPIREORANGE CO CHAPTER Laguna Hills, CATO SUPPORT TWO STUDENTS STUDYING AT TWO ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN REAL ESTATE RELATED DEGREES. TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDED SPEAKERS FROM THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY ON CURRENT INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC TRENDS.$8,000
SIOR PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER Lemoyne, PATO SUPPORT FOUR STUDENTS STUDYING AT FOUR ACCREDITED UNIVERSITIES IN REAL ESTATE RELATED DEGREES.$8,000

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Sior Foundation is led by Richard Sleasman, President since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 42 officers listed in 2024 is compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Richard Sleasman

    President

    Vice President → President-Elect, 2021

    President-Elect → President, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Barbara Johnson

    President-Elect & Chair

    Vice President & Chair - Public Relations → Vice President & Chair - Pu, 2022

    Vice President & Chair - Pu → President-Elect & Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kraig Heeter

    Chair Fundraising

    Trustee → Chair Fundraising, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter O. Hanson

    Chair - Advisory Committee

    Advisory Committee Chair → Chair - Advisory Committee, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Theodore Konigsberg

    Vice President, Chair Grants & S'ship

    Chair - Grants & Scholarshi → Vice President, Chair Grants & Scholorship, 2023

    Vice President, Chair Grants & Scholorship → Vice President, Chair Grants & S'ship, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Corrine Nowak

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    37.5 hrs/week

    $95K (2024)

  • Adrian Arriaga

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher Garcia

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack O'Donoghue

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Barker Jr.

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark B. Goode

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Leguen De Lacroix

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Olsen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Falk

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael R. Capobianco

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nancy Morse

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Richardson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert J. Dikman

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Terry E. Smith

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William A. Burgess

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Hanson

    Trustee

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Palmeri

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • J. Andrew Mills

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Wilke

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John M. Adams III

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark J. Duclos

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trimble Green

    Trustee

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Barnard

    Past President

    Imm Past President → Past President, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Albert M. McNeel

    Immediate Past President

    President-Elect & Fundraising Committee Chair → President, 2021

    President → Immediate Past President, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Ginder

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Christopher W. Curtis

    Past President

    President → Immediate Past President, 2021

    Immediate Past President → Past President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David B. Hagan

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • J. Peter Whatmore

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph V. Barna

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin J. Crowley

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn E. Reich

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Randall Walker

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert J. Staniforth

    Past President

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stan Kleweno

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas E. McCormick

    Past President

    Past President & Sior CEO → Past President, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Allen Gump

    Past President

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Ohmes

    Past President

    New on the 2024 filing

    1.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (19)
  • Former: Daniel J. Doherty (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: David L. Schiller (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Garry N. Bobke (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: H. Allen Gump (2020–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Jesse Laikin (2020–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Michael W. Ohmes (2020–2022) — Past President
  • Former: Robert Horn (2021–2022) — Trustee
  • Former: Elizabeth Koenst Lokken (2022) — Executive Director
  • Former: Christopher Kirk (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: D. Sheldon Johnson (2020–2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Patricia J. Loveall (2020–2021) — Past President
  • Former: Robert Hammond (2020–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Chris Garcia (2021) — Trustee
  • Former: Elizabeth Koenst (2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Daniel Wilkinson (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Gary Marsh (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: James Boudrot (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Milton Charbonneau (2020) — Trustee
  • Former: Patti Dillon (2020) — Trustee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Corrine Nowak — Director: $95KCorrine NowakDirector$95K

Subject Areas

Focus areas based on grantmaking activity

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Sior Foundation?

Sior Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Washington, DC. It holds $8.1M in total assets as of 2024.

How large is Sior Foundation?

As of 2024, Sior Foundation holds $8.1M in total assets with $798K in annual revenue. It awarded 15 grants totaling $327K in 2024.

What is Sior Foundation's EIN?

Sior Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 52-0808480. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

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