New York · Private foundation
Sanders 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.
- $656k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $5.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Sanders 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; $400k 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 | 9 | $656k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $570k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $550k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $525k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $215k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer Esiason Foundation | $251,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Island Harvest Ltd | $245,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Encourage Kids Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turtle Athletic Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Is Ahead Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boomer Esiason Foundation | $251,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Island Harvest Ltd | $245,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Encourage Kids Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turtle Athletic Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 5% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Is Ahead Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children Deserve a Chance Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Washington Institute for Near East Policy | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 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 Sanders 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Sanders Family Foundation
- How much does Sanders Family Foundation give?
- Sanders Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $656,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sanders Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Recreation & Sports (19%), Health (15%).
- Who are Sanders Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Boomer Esiason Foundation ($251k), Island Harvest Ltd ($245k), Encourage Kids Foundation ($120k).
- Does Sanders Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sanders 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 Sanders Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sanders Family Foundation based?
- Sanders Family Foundation is based in NY.
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