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S&G Foundation Inc

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.

$126M
Granted FY2023
56
Grants FY2023
22
States reached
$45M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Philanthropy$406MEducation$2.9MHealth$72kInternational$60kEnvironment$46kArts & Culture$40kHuman Services$30kFood & Nutrition$11kOther$0
02FY2023 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k18 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $402k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $676k
  • $250k+12 grants · $124M
$25,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$1.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 200,000 shares of Vanguard Index Fds$44,586,000
Fidelity Charitable Donor Advised Fund - 14,500,000 shares of United States Treas. Bill$14,390,830
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund$11,800,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 34,000 shares of AON PLC$11,256,407
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 264,400 shares of Davis Fundamental ETF TR Select US Eqty$8,820,384
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 264,400 shares of Davis Fundamental ETF TR Select Wrld WI$7,587,950
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 40,000 shares of Progressive Corp$6,366,800
Fidelity Charitable Donor Advised Fund - 6,200,000 shares of United States Treas. Bill$6,159,468
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 40,000 shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co.$6,088,000
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 15,000 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.$5,389,726
Princeton Prospect Foundation$1,498,352
Emma Willard School$375,000
Lake Forest College$140,000
University of Florida$112,500
Case Western Reserve University$100,000
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$165M · 10 repeat orgs$114M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +134% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 45 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
14

Total granted

$165M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+134%
+57%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23
EducationHealthEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MG
    MARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2023 · $50k · revenue +243%
  • Maine Coast Heritage Trust
    2× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +11%
  • TB
    THE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS AMERICAN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +95%
  • LM
    LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +67%
  • BH
    Bar Harbor Music Festival Corporation
    one grant, 2020 · $13k
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.

03Its 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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
8
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
11
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bennington College Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

49 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. 49 of the 71 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
42/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fidelity Charitable Donor Advised Fund: $165,095,775 · OtherFidelity Charitable Donor Advised FundGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 200,000 shares of Vanguard Index Fds: $44,586,000 · OtherGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 200,000 shares of Vanguard Index FdsFidelity Charitable Donor Advised Fund - 14,500,000 shares of United States Treas. Bill: $14,390,830 · OtherGoldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund - 34,000 shares of AON PLC: $11,256,407 · Other+27 more: $40,712,917 · Other+27 moreGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $39,260,142 · PhilanthropyGS DONOR ADVIS…+2 more: $67,500 · PhilanthropyPRINCETON PROSPECT FOUNDATION: $1,498,352 · EducationEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL: $375,000 · EducationLake Forest College: $140,000 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $96,871 · Education+19 more: $433,666 · EducationMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · HealthMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC: $5,000 · HealthLifeFlight Foundation: $2,500 · Health+3 more: $4,000 · HealthTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $30,000 · EnvironmentNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $5,000 · Environment+2 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentTHE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $2,500 · Youth Development
Other$276,041,929Philanthropy$39,327,642Education$2,643,889Health$61,500Human Services$50,000Environment$37,000Youth Development$32,500

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 budgetGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC: $39,260,142 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPRINCETON PROSPECT FOUNDATION: $1,498,352 over 1y, 60% of budgetEMMA WILLARD SCHOOL: $375,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLake Forest College: $140,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $96,871 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMARIN GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST JAMES'S CHILDREN'S CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBOARD OF TRUSTEES OF WHITMAN COLLEGE: $47,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe College of Idaho Inc: $42,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BANNER LAKE CLUB INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $27,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS AMERICAN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $24,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRINGLING COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARTBURG COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKALAMAZOO COLLEGE: $6,666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOAVES AND FISHES OF HOBE SOUND INC: $6,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetMOUNT DESERT NURSING ASSOC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMahindra Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFURMAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOSPICE FOUNDATION OF MARTIN & ST LUCIE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHole Food Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCoalition to Protect Americas National: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERINARY INITIATIVE FOR ENDANGERED WILDLIFE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNORTHEAST HARBOR LIBRARY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUPITER ISLAND MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT DESERT ISLAND HOSPITAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN GATE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GUARDIANS OF MARTIN COUNTY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

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.

Ethel D Colket Founda…Fore River FoundationColket Family Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bessemer Giving F…The Chicago Community…Curtis & Patricia Bla…Donald Grant & Ann Ma…Legatus FoundationStephanie & Lawrence …The Ayco Charitable F…The David and Elizabe…
Ethel D Colket FoundationPA19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ethel D Colket Foundation · Fore River Foundation · Colket Family Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The Chicago Community Trust · Curtis & Patricia Blake Foundation · Donald Grant & Ann Martin Calder Foundat · Legatus Foundation · Stephanie & Lawrence Flinn Jrcharitable Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The David and Elizabeth Long 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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to S&G Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to S&G Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $134M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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