Tennessee · Private foundation
Sandfort Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $781k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $331,212
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Sandfort Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $781k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $425k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $600k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $605k | 56% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $220k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker's House | $450,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Brightstone Inc | $355,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Beacon College Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mother Teresa Catholic Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saddle Up | $65,200 | 4 | 1% |
| High Hopes Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Miracle League of Columbia at Maury County Park | $55,000 | 2 | 10% |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker's House | $450,000 | 4 | 17% |
| Brightstone Inc | $355,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Beacon College Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mother Teresa Catholic Church | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saddle Up | $65,200 | 4 | 1% |
| High Hopes Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Miracle League of Columbia at Maury County Park | $55,000 | 2 | 10% |
| United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Missions Company | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cul2vate | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sandfort 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: The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Dugas Family Foundation II Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Servant Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Sandfort Family Foundation
- How much does Sandfort Family Foundation give?
- Sandfort Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $781,212 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sandfort Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (21%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are Sandfort Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Tucker's House ($450k), Brightstone Inc ($355k), Beacon College Inc ($300k).
- Does Sandfort Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sandfort 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 Sandfort Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Frist Foundation, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Sandfort Family Foundation based?
- Sandfort Family Foundation is based in TN.
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