Illinois · Private foundation
Sachs Family 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.
- $824k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 56%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $166,666
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 56% of the organizations Sachs Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $561k 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 | $824k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $802k | 56% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $159k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $798k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $875k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws Chicago | $408,917 | 5 | 0% |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | $309,163 | 2 | 17% |
| American Jewish Committee | $198,923 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation | $101,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Chicago Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Family Institute | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Dairy Center for the Arts | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Fund for the New School Boulder Country Day School | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paws Chicago | $408,917 | 5 | 0% |
| Thorne Ecological Institute | $309,163 | 2 | 17% |
| American Jewish Committee | $198,923 | 2 | 0% |
| Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation | $101,200 | 5 | 0% |
| The Barack Obama Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Chicago Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Family Institute | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Dairy Center for the Arts | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Fund for the New School Boulder Country Day School | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois University Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Hap Foundation Inc (F/K/A Journeycare Foundation) | $21,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YWCA Boulder County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mackintosh Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Breakthrough Alliance of Colorado Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bixby & Associates | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Time Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sachs 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: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · L & N Andreas Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sachs Family Foundation
- How much does Sachs Family Foundation give?
- Sachs Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $824,239 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sachs Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Environment (23%), Animals (12%).
- Who are Sachs Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Paws Chicago ($409k), Thorne Ecological Institute ($309k), American Jewish Committee ($199k).
- Does Sachs Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 56% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sachs Family 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 Sachs Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Denver Foundation, L & N Andreas Foundation.
- Where is Sachs Family Foundation based?
- Sachs Family Foundation is based in IL.
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