Vermont · Private foundation
Sander Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $99k
- Granted FY2022
- 13
- Grants FY2022
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 62%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Sander Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Sander Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $99k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 93
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 62% of the organizations Sander Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 13 | $99k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $141k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 87 | $163k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 66 | $384k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 91 | $534k | 38% |
| FY2017 | 93 | $391k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | $295,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Great Circle | $147,435 | 5 | 0% |
| Lift for Life Gym Inc | $116,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Municipal Theatre Association of St Louis | $101,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis | $74,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Sherwood Forest Camp Inc | $66,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Helpusadoptorg Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lift for Life Academy Inc | $30,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs | $29,400 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 129 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($601k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sander Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · St Louis Community Foundation · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Pott Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Centene Foundation · Hermann Family Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sander Foundation
- How much does Sander Foundation give?
- Sander Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $98,960 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 93 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Sander Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Food & Nutrition (8%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Sander Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ($295k), Great Circle ($147k), Lift for Life Gym Inc ($116k).
- Does Sander Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sander Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sander Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company, St Louis Community Foundation.
- Where is Sander Foundation based?
- Sander Foundation is based in VT.
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