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Lawrence A Sanders Foundation Inc J Daniel Brede Managing Director

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.

$964k
Granted FY2025still arriving
57
Grants FY2025still arriving
14
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.5MHuman Services$1.2MFood & Nutrition$860kArts & Culture$419kPhilanthropy$360kYouth Development$298kPublic Safety & Disaster$268kHealth$151kOther$0
02FY2025 · 57 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k39 grants · $615k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $285k
$10,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boca Helping Hands$130,000
Hillsdale College$105,000
Community Foundation of PB & Martin Counties$50,000
Salvation Army$45,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County$40,000
First Book$30,000
Reading is Fundamental$30,000
Martin County Council for the Arts$30,000
American Red Cross$25,000
FAU Foundation Inc$25,000
St Joan of Arc Care Ministries$20,000
Our Father's House$20,000
Palm Beach Drama Works$15,000
Catholic Relief Services$15,000
CROS Ministries$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $259k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 53% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20k → 12%Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse: $1k → 16%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20k → 12%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20k → 12%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $20k → 12%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $15k → 12%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $15k → 12%Jesus House of Hope Inc: $5k → 10%Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach: $10k → 11%Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach: $5k → 11%Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach: $5k → 11%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach: $5k → 11%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%ARC Martin County: $5k → 10%Gateway Community Outreach: $10k → 13%Gateway Community Outreach: $5k → 13%Boca West Childrens Foundation: $500 → 11%Gateway Community Outreach: $5k → 13%Gateway Community Outreach: $5k → 13%Gateway Community Outreach: $3k → 13%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $10k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $5k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $5k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $5k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $5k → 11%Florence Fuller Child Development Center: $5k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CT
NE
MO
MD
TN
NC
DC
AL
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 65 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

65 repeat relationships: 51 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

65
9

Total granted

$5.0M
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+48%

Still filing today

52%
22%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionInternationalReligionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BH
    BOCA HELPING HANDS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $318k · revenue +7%
  • RI
    READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $195k · revenue +181%
  • FA
    FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $173k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • CT
    Coalition to End Homelessness
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • MA
    Make A Wish Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • UO
    University of Miamigraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +48%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
2
Florida's Children First Inc

Organization mission: florida's children first is a non-profit, nonpartisan, independent advocacy organization committed to protecting and advancing the rights of children and youth impacted by the child welfare, juvenile justice, and…

Human Services
3
Children's Case Management Organization Inc D/B/a Families First of Pb County

Families first of palm beach county, through innovative programs, promotes generational change by addressing families emotional, physical, and social well-being.

Environment
4
Florida Southern College

Florida southern college (florida southern or the college) is committed to educational excellence and is a selective comprehensive, private, united methodist affiliated college with a strong liberal arts core and signature programs. (see…

Education
5
Families First of Palm Beach County Foundation Inc

To cultivate financial resources dedicated to building stronger families and stronger communities through the operations and programs of families first. contributing to the foundation is an investment in a safe, healthy and sustainable…

Human Services
6
Saint Andrew's School of Boca Raton Inc

Saint andrew's school is an independent school founded in the episcopal tradition. our mission is to build a community of learners, provide excellence in education, and nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.

Education
7
Barry University Inc

Barry university is a catholic institution of higher education founded by the adrian dominican sisters. with a liberal arts tradition, barry university is a scholarly community committed to the highest academic standards in undergraduate,…

Education
8
Florida Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Working in partnership with state business leaders to secure florida's future.

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9
Boca Raton Regional Hospital Inc

As part of the baptist health network, the mission of boca raton regional hospital is to improve the health and well-being of individuals, and to promote the sanctity and preservation of life, in the communities we serve. baptist health is…

Health
10
The Florida Center for Early Childhood Inc

The florida center supports the healthy development of young children, specializing in those with delays, disabilities or mental health challenges. our mission- "to help build and foster strong families and expand the potential of young…

Human Services
11
Better Together Strengthening Familes Inc

Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…

Human Services
12
University of Miami
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feeding South Florida Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 79 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
31/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Salvation Army: $283,500 · OtherSalvation ArmyCommunity Foundation of PB & Martin Counties: $273,500 · OtherCommunity Foundation of PB & Martin CountiesMartin County Council for the Arts: $255,000 · OtherMartin County Council for the ArtsLiteracy Coalition Palm Beach County: $250,000 · OtherLiteracy Coalition Palm Beach CountyAmerican Red Cross: $195,000 · OtherAmerican Red CrossSt Joan of Arc Care Ministries: $135,000 · OtherOur Father's House: $130,000 · OtherYMCA South Palm Beach County: $125,000 · Other+43 more: $1,627,341 · Other+43 moreFIRST BOOK: $200,000 · EducationFIRST BOOKREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $195,000 · EducationREADING IS FUNDA…FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $172,500 · EducationFLORIDA ATLANTIC…HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $115,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEG…REACH OUT AND READ INC: $60,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND RE…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $5,000 · EducationBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $318,000 · Food & NutritionFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC: $110,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $67,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $60,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE FULLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $35,150 · Human ServicesARC OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesJESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $27,500 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $11,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $130,000 · InternationalCONVOY OF HOPE: $70,150 · InternationalBUILDON INC: $40,000 · InternationalPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $90,000 · Arts & CultureBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $3,240 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,274,341Education$777,500Food & Nutrition$373,000Philanthropy$287,500Human Services$270,150International$240,150Arts & Culture$148,240

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBOCA HELPING HANDS INC: $318,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFIRST BOOK: $200,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $195,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $172,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $130,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $115,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $110,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetChristians Reaching Out To Society Inc: $90,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCONVOY OF HOPE: $70,150 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC: $67,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LORD'S PLACE INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetKIWANIS CLUB OF WEST PALM BEACH FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetBETTER BASICS INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART: $55,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFEEDING SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MARTIN COUNTY: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY MIAMI INC: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDON INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFLORENCE FULLER CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS INC: $35,150 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetANN STORCK CENTER INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetARC OF THE TREASURE COAST INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJESUS HOUSE OF HOPE INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGATEWAY COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFOREVER YOUNG VETERANS INC: $17,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCharity Navigator: $11,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCONSUMER REPORTS INC: $8,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Historical Society Inc: $3,240 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBOCA WEST CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FKA BOCA WEST COMMUNITY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds BOCA HELPING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds FIRST BOOK ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Matthew 25 Ministries Inc ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF BROWARD INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗
  • Who funds PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds Christians Reaching Out To Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds CONVOY OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LORD'S PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST PALM BEACH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds BETTER BASICS INC ↗
  • Who funds REACH OUT AND READ INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART ↗

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.

Community Foundation …Publix Super Markets …United Way of Palm Be…The Jim Moran Foundat…The Community Foundat…The Batchelor Foundat…Carmax FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…
Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation - Martin / St Lucie Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · Carmax Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Lawrence A Sanders Foundation Inc J Daniel Brede Managing Director funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lawrence A Sanders Foundation Inc J Daniel Brede Managing Director. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • United Way of Broward County Inc: 27% of income from government
  • United Way Miami Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Palm Beach Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Lord's Place Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Gulf Stream Council of Boy Scouts of America Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Feeding South Florida Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • United Way of Martin County Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Jesus House of Hope Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Martin County: 2% of income from government
  • Ann Storck Center Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Gateway Community Outreach Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 79 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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