Maryland · Private foundation
Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 13 | $1.0M | 23% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $725k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $750k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $725k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $250k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $116k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $99k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $101k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medstar Health Inc | $1,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | $145,480 | 5 | n/a |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Hospital Center Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medstar Health Inc | $1,000,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $175,000 | 4 | 0% |
| John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Washington Hebrew Congregation | $145,480 | 5 | n/a |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Washington Hospital Center Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Caringmatters Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sibley Memorial Hospital Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medical College of Va Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Gallery of Art | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Seed Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · American Gift Fund · The Nussdorf Family Foundation Inc · Michael and Deborah Ratner Salzberg Family Foundation · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation
- How much does Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation give?
- Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,025,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Health (34%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medstar Health Inc ($1.0M), Northwestern University ($250k), Share Our Strength ($175k).
- Does Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, American Gift Fund, The Nussdorf Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation based?
- Martha & Philip Sagon Family Foundation is based in MD.
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