Washington · Private foundation
John and Nancy Sabol 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.
- $358k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 9% of the organizations John and Nancy Sabol Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $358k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $275k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $234k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $261k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $176k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $337k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $315k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $270k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Washington Foundation | $401,600 | 6 | 0% |
| The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer | $235,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Brightspark Early Learning Services | $130,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Fuse Innovation Fund | $125,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Social Venture Partners | $90,000 | 8 | 2% |
| United Way of King County | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Program for Early Parent Support | $80,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Downtown Emergency Service Center | $62,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $58,500 | 8 | 0% |
| We Charity William C Moran & Assoc PC | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($610k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John and Nancy Sabol Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Seattle Foundation · Ridge Road Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Anthony-Maymudes Family Foundation · The Bullitt Foundation · Gates Foundation · Tides Foundation · David & Cathy Habib Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · Raikes Foundation · The Satterberg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About John and Nancy Sabol Foundation
- How much does John and Nancy Sabol Foundation give?
- John and Nancy Sabol Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $358,280 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John and Nancy Sabol Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Philanthropy (22%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are John and Nancy Sabol Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Washington Foundation ($402k), The Armand Hammer United World College of the Amer ($235k), Brightspark Early Learning Services ($130k).
- Does John and Nancy Sabol Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John and Nancy Sabol 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 John and Nancy Sabol Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seattle Foundation, Ridge Road Foundation, Puget Sound Energy Foundation.
- Where is John and Nancy Sabol Foundation based?
- John and Nancy Sabol Foundation is based in WA.
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