How much does Sandler Foundation give?

Sandler Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $65,545,000, out of $353,625,080 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Sandler Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (22%), Environment (16%), Health (13%).

Who are Sandler Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($67M), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ($36M), Center for American Progress ($35M).

Does Sandler Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Sandler Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Where is Sandler Foundation based?

Sandler Foundation is based in CA.

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California · Public charity

Sandler Foundation

The foundation operates exclusively for charitable, educational or religious purposes by conducting or supporting activities for the benefit of, or to carry out the purposes of the jewish community federation of san francisco, the peninsula, marin and sonoma counties.

$354M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 41
Itemized grants FY2025: 51
Organizations funded FY2024: 12%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $66M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $1,000,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $8,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 45 to 55; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 7
Total assets, FY2025: $252M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 12% of the organizations Sandler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.4M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Civil RightsEducationPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	32	$54M	9%
FY2024	51	$56M	12%
FY2023	50	$60M	10%
FY2022	46	$58M	15%
FY2021	53	$69M	9%
FY2020	55	$73M	25%
FY2019	45	$62M	9%
FY2018	50	$60M	26%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$134MEnvironment$94MHealth$78MCivil Rights$62MEducation$37MInternational$31MSocial Science$27MPhilanthropy$27MOther$0

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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of California San Francisco Foundation	$67,255,192	9	2%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities	$36,000,000	9	16%
Center for American Progress	$34,500,000	9	12%
Learning Policy Institute	$29,100,000	9	35%
Earthjustice	$27,000,000	9	4%
Pro Publica Inc	$26,000,000	9	11%
Center for Responsible Lending	$24,250,000	9	57%
Luminate Foundation Inc	$23,500,000	5	14%
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc	$22,500,000	9	51%
Democracy Forward Foundation	$21,500,000	8	57%

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All grantees of Sandler Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of California San Francisco Foundation	$67,255,192	9	2%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities	$36,000,000	9	16%
Center for American Progress	$34,500,000	9	12%
Learning Policy Institute	$29,100,000	9	35%
Earthjustice	$27,000,000	9	4%
Pro Publica Inc	$26,000,000	9	11%
Center for Responsible Lending	$24,250,000	9	57%
Luminate Foundation Inc	$23,500,000	5	14%
Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc	$22,500,000	9	51%
Democracy Forward Foundation	$21,500,000	8	57%
Oceana Inc	$19,000,000	9	6%
Human Rights Watch Inc	$18,500,000	8	5%
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc	$17,200,000	6	18%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc	$16,000,000	8	1%
Sierra Club Foundation	$11,700,000	9	2%
The Campaign Legal Center Inc	$10,750,000	9	19%
Vote Solar	$7,300,000	9	21%
Faith in Action Network	$7,070,000	6	6%
Reset Tech	$7,000,000	1	n/a
The German Marshall Fund of the United States	$5,250,000	9	4%
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Inc	$5,250,000	8	17%
All Voting Is Local	$5,000,000	2	14%
Fund for a Better Future Inc	$4,500,000	3	4%
Virginia New Majority Education Fund	$4,150,000	5	32%
Resources Legacy Fund	$4,000,000	5	2%
Civil Rights Corps	$4,000,000	8	13%
Center for Biological Diversity	$4,000,000	5	n/a
Indivisible Civics	$3,750,000	4	17%
American Economic Liberties Project	$3,750,000	4	32%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc	$3,739,000	1	2%
American Oversight Inc	$3,400,000	8	13%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy	$3,250,000	7	12%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc	$3,200,000	3	5%
Florida Rising Together Inc	$2,950,000	5	5%
Shared Ascent Fund	$2,500,000	2	12%
Wildcoast	$2,500,000	9	17%
Arizona Center for Empowerment	$2,400,000	5	9%
United for Respect Education Fund	$2,400,000	5	8%
Truman Center for National Policy	$2,250,000	6	44%
Turtle Island Restoration Network	$2,150,000	9	15%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund	$2,100,000	5	12%
New Georgia Project Inc	$1,900,000	5	4%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$1,835,000	4	1%
Mdrc	$1,750,000	4	1%
National Public Education Support Fund	$1,700,000	4	16%
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc	$1,700,000	4	6%
PICO California	$1,700,000	3	17%
Carolina Federation Fund	$1,650,000	4	68%
Red Wine & Blue Education Fund	$1,600,000	3	36%
States United Democracy Center Inc	$1,500,000	1	n/a
Justfundus	$1,400,000	3	14%
Wildaid Inc	$1,300,000	7	5%
Island Conservation	$1,250,000	7	5%
The Equity Alliance	$1,250,000	4	21%
Center for Community Change	$1,210,000	4	3%
State Democracy Project	$1,150,000	2	2%
The Management Center	$1,150,000	7	2%
One Arizona	$1,000,000	1	7%
New York University	$1,000,000	2	0%
Climate Jobs Ny Education Fund Inc	$1,000,000	2	n/a
The Urban Institute	$1,000,000	2	1%
Climateworks Foundation	$1,000,000	1	1%
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	$996,618	4	1%
J Street Education Fund Inc	$650,000	5	3%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc	$605,000	7	0%
Capacity Shop	$600,000	2	19%
University of Utah	$591,000	2	n/a
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley	$500,000	2	n/a
State Power Fund	$500,000	1	3%
Permit Power Education Fund	$500,000	1	n/a
University of California San Francisco	$450,000	2	n/a
Rocky Mountain Institute	$400,000	2	0%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp	$358,000	9	3%
Open Markets Institute	$350,000	1	7%
Weill Medical College of Cornell Univers	$300,000	2	n/a
Oregon Health & Science University	$300,000	2	n/a
Vanderbilt University	$300,000	2	0%
Children's Hospital Corporation	$300,000	2	0%
Grassroots Collaborative	$250,000	1	22%
Kentucky Coalition Inc	$250,000	1	9%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund	$250,000	1	1%
Washington University	$225,000	2	0%
Neighborhood Funders Group	$200,000	1	1%
Grassroots Power Project	$200,000	1	6%
National Center for Youth Law	$200,000	1	3%
Equality Alliance of San Diego	$200,000	1	4%
That Man May See Inc DBA All May See Foundation	$200,000	4	1%
Fair Count Inc	$200,000	1	4%
Marine Watch International	$200,000	2	n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$150,000	1	0%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation	$150,000	1	0%
Student Press Law Center	$150,000	3	11%
Baylor Health Care System Foundation	$150,000	1	0%
Regents of the University of California	$150,000	1	n/a
Step Up Louisiana Organizing Fund	$125,000	1	4%
The City College Fund	$105,000	4	1%
Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation	$100,000	1	1%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy	$75,000	3	1%
Protect Our Defenders Foundation % Russell H Miller	$50,000	2	6%
Justice Matters Inc	$35,000	1	n/a
American Academy of Arts & Sciences	$30,000	1	0%
Texas Future Cooperative	$25,000	1	n/a
George Mason University Foundation Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Third Sector New England Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Compassion & Choices	$20,000	2	0%
Boston Critic Inc Dba Boston Review	$10,000	1	1%

Sandler Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 92 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 92.

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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.

The Ford FoundationNY42.7× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Freedom Together Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · Hopewell Fund · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

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.

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About Sandler Foundation

How much does Sandler Foundation give?: Sandler Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $65,545,000, out of $353,625,080 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sandler Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (22%), Environment (16%), Health (13%).
Who are Sandler Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of California San Francisco Foundation ($67M), Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ($36M), Center for American Progress ($35M).
Does Sandler Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sandler Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Where is Sandler Foundation based?: Sandler Foundation is based in CA.