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HB Sandman Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5k
Granted FY2021
9
Grants FY2021
9
Organizations funded FY2021
11%
First-time grantees FY2021
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91% of HB Sandman Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The San Diego Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year HB Sandman Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $5k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

10
’17
15
’18
12
’19
6
’20
5
’21
3
’22
3
’23
2
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2021
$300
Largest grant, FY2021
$2,500
Organizations funded a year
9 to 26
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
1
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 11% of the organizations HB Sandman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionInternationalPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20219$5k11%
FY202016$6k69%
FY201919$9k47%
FY201826$20k58%
FY201721$13kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$82kHealth$25kArts & Culture$9kReligion$8kFood & Nutrition$5kCommunity Improvement$4kEducation$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emilio Nares Foundation$16,87980%
Rotary Club of San Diego$4,27230%
The San Diego Women's Foundation$4,12540%
Mama's Kitchen$3,51550%
Congregation Beth Israel$2,8322n/a
Temple Beth Israel$2,0002n/a
San Diego Oasis$1,50020%
Monarch School Project$1,45030%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$80020%
Humble Design Inc$80030%
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All grantees of HB Sandman Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Emilio Nares Foundation$16,87980%
Rotary Club of San Diego$4,27230%
The San Diego Women's Foundation$4,12540%
Mama's Kitchen$3,51550%
Congregation Beth Israel$2,8322n/a
Temple Beth Israel$2,0002n/a
San Diego Oasis$1,50020%
Monarch School Project$1,45030%
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank$80020%
Humble Design Inc$80030%
International Relief Teams$70020%
Alpha Project for the Homeless$65020%
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation$50010%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$50010%
Balboa Park Cultural Partnership$50020%
Ryan House$30010%
National Park Foundation$30010%
Lawrence Family Jewish Community Centers of San Diego County$20010%
Benchley Weinberger Foundation$15020%
Field Museum of Natural History$15010%
Balboa Park Conservancy$10010%
Elderhelp of San Diego$10010%
Voice of San Diego$10010%
Olivewoods Gardens & Learning Center Inc$10010%
Yosemite Foundation$10010%
Kids Included Together$10010%
City of Hope$5010%
Actors Youth Theatre$5010%

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget HB Sandman Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEmilio Nares Foundation: $16,879 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRotary Club of San Diego: $4,272 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe San Diego Women's Foundation: $4,125 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMama's Kitchen: $3,515 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Diego Oasis: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMonarch School Project: $1,450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Relief Teams: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlpha Project for the Homeless: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnthony Rizzo Family Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBalboa Park Cultural Partnership: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRyan House: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLawrence Family Jewish Community Centers of San Diego County: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenchley Weinberger Foundation: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetField Museum of Natural History: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBalboa Park Conservancy: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElderhelp of San Diego: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoice of San Diego: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlivewoods Gardens & Learning Center Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYosemite Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKids Included Together: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCity of Hope: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetActors Youth Theatre: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 26.

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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.

The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…The Conrad Prebys Fou…Price Philanthropies …Sempra FoundationRancho Santa Fe Found…Leichtag FoundationThe Thursday Club Fou…Allison and Robert Pr…Pratt Memorial FundThe Cushman FoundationThe Nordson Corporati…
The San Diego FoundationCA32.2× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Leichtag Foundation · The Thursday Club Foundation · Allison and Robert Price Family Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Cushman Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About HB Sandman Foundation

How much does HB Sandman Foundation give?
HB Sandman Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $5,342 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does HB Sandman Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Health (16%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are HB Sandman Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Emilio Nares Foundation ($17k), Rotary Club of San Diego ($4k), The San Diego Women's Foundation ($4k).
Does HB Sandman Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does HB Sandman Foundation 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 HB Sandman Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Diego Foundation, Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, The Conrad Prebys Foundation.
Where is HB Sandman Foundation based?
HB Sandman Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 68 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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