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Sandler Family Foundation the Sandlot Childrens Charity

The Sandlot Children's Charity offers financial assistance to children with physical and intellectual disabilities, particularly those seeking athletic opportunities and sport-specific experiences.

$66k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$111kHealth$21kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$5k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $25,760, the rows itemized in this filing. The $65,510 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $39,750 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$444k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DALLAS JR WHEELCHAIR MAVERICK$7,500
YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS$6,250
MIRACLE LEAGUE - DFW$6,250
BUDDY UP FOR LIFE DALLAS$5,760
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS - MIRACLE LEAGUE: $10k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $6k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Miracle League of Frisco

The mission of the Miracle League of Frisco is to provide sport training and competition in a variety of sports for children with physical and intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness,…

Recreation & Sports
2
Dallas Wheelchair Tennis Club

Promotion of wheelchair tennis; provide education, training, funding, coaching, clinics, exhibitions, and scholarships expenses for dallas area wheelchair tennis players to enhance their physiological, social, and physical make-up and…

Recreation & Sports
3
Dallas Center Inc

To provide individualized services that positively impact the lives of 0-3 year old children with developmental disabilities/delays and their families.

Human Services
4
Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas

The mission of the down syndrome guild (dsg) is to engage all members of the down syndrome community-children and adults, parents, and friends-to advocate, educate, and enable the fullest lives possible.

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5
Dallas Services

The mission of Dallas Services is to enable individuals with disabilities and other special needs to achieve their potential by fostering community inclusiveness and independence.

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6
Connectability

ConnectAbility's mission is to empower those with life altering disabilities and their caregivers to reach their fullest potential.

Human Services
7
Dynamic Strides Therapy Inc

Dynamic Strides Therapy is a non-profit outpatient pediatric therapy facility that offers occupational, physical and speech therapies to children with special needs. Patients receive unique treatment that combines traditional occupational,…

Health
8
Camp for All Foundation

Camp For All transforms the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs.

Youth Development
9
Dallas United Crew Inc

Dallas United Crews mission is to unite and empower the Dallas community through rowing and dragon boating offering inclusive programs in competitive and recreational oar and paddle sports that serve people of all ages and abilities across…

Youth Development
10
Special Equestrians Inc

Our Vision: A community where the impossible becomes possible. Our mission: To enrich the lives of people with physical, cognitive or emotional challenges through a relationship with a horse.

Human Services
11
The Arc of North Texas

To support and empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to improve their quality of life.

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12
Achievement Center of Texas Inc

Provide day care, day habilitation (life skills training), arts exploration, educational assistance and community inclusion for children and young adults with special needs.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camp Summit Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 14 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
11/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INCDALLAS JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR MAVERICKS: $7,500 · Recreation & SportsDALLAS JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR MAVERICKSMIRACLE FIELDS OF DFW INC: $6,250 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLE FIELDS OF DFW INCMY POSSIBILITIES: $10,000 · OtherMY POSSIBILITIESEQUEST: $9,252 · OtherEQUESTSOUTHWEST WHEELCHAIR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATION: $5,675 · OtherSOUTHWEST WHEELCHAIR AT…NOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SCHOOLS INC: $4,380 · OtherNOTRE DAME OF DALLAS SC…BUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC: $11,250 · HealthBUDDY UP FOR LIFE IN…VICTORY THERAPEUTIC CENTER INC: $6,500 · HealthVICTORY THERAPEUTIC …FOUNDATION FOR THE CALLIER CENTER AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: $5,000 · HealthFOUNDATION FOR THE C…HOPEKIDS INC: $3,500 · HealthHOPEKIDS INCYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $16,250 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METR…THE DALLAS FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP SUMMIT INC: $2,500 · Youth Development
Recreation & Sports$63,750Other$29,307Health$26,250Human Services$16,250Youth Development$7,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OF TEXAS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $16,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDY UP FOR LIFE INC: $11,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMY POSSIBILITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUEST: $9,252 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDALLAS JUNIOR WHEELCHAIR MAVERICKS: $7,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetVICTORY THERAPEUTIC CENTER INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMIRACLE FIELDS OF DFW INC: $6,250 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE CALLIER CENTER AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE DALLAS FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMP SUMMIT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Communities Foundatio…The Rees-Jones Founda…Texas Instruments Fou…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX18.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Texas Instruments Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sandler Family Foundation the Sandlot Childrens Charity funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sandler Family Foundation the Sandlot Childrens Charity. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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