Rhode Island · Private foundation
Sand Dollar W 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2023
- 22
- Grants FY2023
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 27%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Sand Dollar W Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Sand Dollar W Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $135k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 8
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Sand Dollar W Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 22 | $135k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $134k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $106k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $99k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $72k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $74k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $122k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fessenden School | $123,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Maine Island Trail Association | $45,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Momentum Conservation | $25,500 | 5 | 6% |
| Middlesex School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Millbrook School | $19,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Alliance for Children Foundationinc | $17,000 | 5 | 3% |
| United States Court Tennis Preservation Foundation | $16,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Roca Kidz Club | $14,853 | 3 | n/a |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Portland Museum of Art | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 75 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($310k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sand Dollar W 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: Boston Foundation Inc · The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation · Maine Community Foundation Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc · The One by One Project Inc · Allen & Franka Charlupski Foundation · Grayson Family Foundation · John Sage Foundation · The Orchard Foundation · Fields Pond Foundation Inc · The Royal Little Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sand Dollar W Foundation
- How much does Sand Dollar W Foundation give?
- Sand Dollar W Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $135,103 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sand Dollar W Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (72%), Environment (11%), Education (5%).
- Who are Sand Dollar W Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Fessenden School ($124k), Maine Island Trail Association ($45k), Momentum Conservation ($26k).
- Does Sand Dollar W Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sand Dollar W 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 Sand Dollar W Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boston Foundation Inc, The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation, Maine Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Sand Dollar W Foundation based?
- Sand Dollar W Foundation is based in RI.
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