New York · Private foundation
A & J Saks Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $224k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 52
- Grants FY2025
- 51
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 51
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $28k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations A & J Saks Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 51 | $221k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 51 | $1.3M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $291k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $341k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 45 | $306k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $259k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $267k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 37 | $372k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $1,090,000 | 9 | 1% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $195,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $185,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Pro Publica Inc | $100,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Constitutional Rights | $57,500 | 9 | 0% |
| William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $47,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $45,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $45,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($636k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget A & J Saks Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc · Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Verizon Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About A & J Saks Foundation Inc
- How much does A & J Saks Foundation Inc give?
- A & J Saks Foundation Inc reported 52 grants totaling $223,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does A & J Saks Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (30%), Arts & Culture (20%), Environment (9%).
- Who are A & J Saks Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Central Park Conservancy Inc ($1.1M), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($195k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($185k).
- Does A & J Saks Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does A & J Saks Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as A & J Saks Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Syd & Jan M Silverman Foundation Inc, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Inc, The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc.
- Where is A & J Saks Foundation Inc based?
- A & J Saks Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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