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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 FY2025still arriving
41
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$8.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its 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, FY2017 to 2025.

Public Benefit$134MEnvironment$94MHealth$78MCivil Rights$62MEducation$37MInternational$31MSocial Science$27MPhilanthropy$27MOther$0
02FY2025 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 41 grants below total $65,545,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $353,625,080 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $288,080,080 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $750k
  • $250k+33 grants · $65M
$1,000,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$252M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION$8,000,000
RESET TECH$7,000,000
PROPUBLICA$6,000,000
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS$4,000,000
CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES$4,000,000
DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION$3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION$3,000,000
ALL VOTING IS LOCAL$3,000,000
GLOBAL IMPACT$2,500,000
CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING$2,000,000
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION$2,000,000
OCEANA INC$2,000,000
WASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH$1,500,000
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER$1,500,000
STATES UNITED DEMOCRACY CENTER LLC$1,500,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%STATE POWER FUND: $500k → 19%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$525M · 79 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

79 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 50 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

79
24

Total granted

$525M
$9.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
0%

Still filing today

90%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsEducationEnvironmentPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
    9× · 2017–2025 · $36M · revenue +52%
  • LP
    Learning Policy Institute
    9× · 2017–2025 · $29M · revenue +2% · 35% of their budget
  • EARTHJUSTICE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $27M · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3.7M · revenue +102%
  • ONE ARIZONA
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue -13%
  • CF
    CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.0M · revenue +250%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

—
3
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
4
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/a American Green Bank Consortium

Cgc operates as a nonprofit financial institution that invests directly and through partners to transform financial markets by using public and private investing to accelerate the deployment of projects that strengthen the grid, reduce…

Environment
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
6
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

—
9
National Association of Corporate Directors

We empower directors and transform boards to be future ready.

Public Benefit
10
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
11
Center for Global Development

Reduce global poverty and improve lives through innovative economic research that drives better policy and practice by the world's top decision makers. we focus on the intersection of developing countries and the governments, institutions…

Human Services
12
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Center for Community Change; the most unlike its peers is Luminate Foundation Inc. 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

107 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. 107 of the 117 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.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/107
Grantees still filing
69/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $67,255,192 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORN…Learning Policy Institute: $29,100,000 · EducationLearning Policy Instit…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,569,638 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES …VIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND: $4,150,000 · Education+13 more: $11,505,000 · Education+13 moreEARTHJUSTICE: $27,000,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEOCEANA INC: $19,000,000 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $11,700,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUND…Vote Solar: $7,300,000 · EnvironmentVote SolarNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,700,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC: $5,250,000 · EnvironmentINSTITUTE FOR ENE…RESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $4,000,000 · Environment+6 more: $9,100,000 · Environment+6 moreCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $36,000,000 · Public BenefitCenter on Bud…THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,200,000 · Public BenefitTHE LEADERSHI…RESET TECH: $7,000,000 · Public BenefitRESET TECH+7 more: $9,135,000 · Public Benefit+7 moreCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $34,500,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR AM…ALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $5,000,000 · Civil RightsALL VOTING IS…CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $4,000,000 · Civil RightsCIVIL RIGHTS …INDIVISIBLE CIVICS: $3,750,000 · Civil RightsINDIVISIBLE C…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,739,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVI…AMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $3,400,000 · Civil RightsFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $2,950,000 · Civil RightsSHARED ASCENT FUND: $2,500,000 · Civil RightsARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $2,400,000 · Civil Rights+8 more: $6,595,000 · Civil Rights+8 moreCenter for Responsible Lending: $24,250,000 · Crime & LegalCenter for…DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $21,500,000 · Crime & LegalDEMOCRACY …THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $10,750,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAI…+2 more: $200,000 · Crime & LegalLuminate Foundation Inc: $23,500,000 · OtherLuminate Foundation IncAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $16,000,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIO…JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $8,800,500 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION O…HOPEWELL FUND: $6,500,000 · OtherPRO PUBLICA INC: $26,000,000 · OtherPRO PUBLICA INCWASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH INC: $22,500,000 · OtherWASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITAB…FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $7,070,000 · Other+44 more: $46,376,618 · Other+44 moreHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $18,500,000 · InternationalINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $8,441,000 · InternationalTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,250,000 · InternationalGlobal Impact: $3,700,000 · International
Education$119,579,830Environment$90,050,000Public Benefit$69,335,000Civil Rights$68,834,000Crime & Legal$56,700,000Other$156,747,118International$35,891,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $67,255,192 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities: $36,000,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $34,500,000 over 9y, 12% of budgetLearning Policy Institute: $29,100,000 over 9y, 35% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $27,000,000 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $26,000,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetCenter for Responsible Lending: $24,250,000 over 9y, 57% of budgetLuminate Foundation Inc: $23,500,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetWASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH INC: $22,500,000 over 9y, 51% of budgetDEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION: $21,500,000 over 8y, 57% of budgetOCEANA INC: $19,000,000 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $18,500,000 over 8y, 4.9% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,200,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $16,000,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $11,700,000 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC: $10,750,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA: $8,800,500 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetINSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC: $8,441,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,569,638 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVote Solar: $7,300,000 over 9y, 21% of budgetFAITH IN ACTION NETWORK: $7,070,000 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $6,700,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $6,500,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC: $5,250,000 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $5,250,000 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetALL VOTING IS LOCAL: $5,000,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $4,621,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetFUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC: $4,500,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION: $4,300,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetVIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND: $4,150,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetCIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $4,000,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $4,000,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT: $3,750,000 over 4y, 32% of budgetINDIVISIBLE CIVICS: $3,750,000 over 4y, 17% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,739,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetGlobal Impact: $3,700,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $3,400,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY: $3,250,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $3,200,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFLORIDA RISING TOGETHER INC: $2,950,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetSHARED ASCENT FUND: $2,500,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWILDCOAST: $2,500,000 over 9y, 17% of budgetUnited for Respect Education Fund: $2,400,000 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetARIZONA CENTER FOR EMPOWERMENT: $2,400,000 over 5y, 8.8% of budgetROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC: $2,350,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetTRUMAN CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY: $2,250,000 over 6y, 44% of budgetTURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK: $2,150,000 over 9y, 15% of budgetTEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT EDUCATION FUND: $2,100,000 over 5y, 12% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Center on Budget and Policy Priorities ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ↗
  • Who funds Learning Policy Institute ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Responsible Lending ↗
  • Who funds Luminate Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH INC ↗
  • Who funds DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OCEANA INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY FEDERATION OF SAN FRANCISCO THE PENINSULA MARIN & SONOMA ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Vote Solar ↗
  • Who funds FAITH IN ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds RESET TECH ↗
  • Who funds NEW VENTURE FUND ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL FUND ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds ALL VOTING IS LOCAL ↗
  • Who funds Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR A BETTER FUTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA NEW MAJORITY EDUCATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCES LEGACY FUND ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds INDIVISIBLE CIVICS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Global Impact ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW & POLICY ↗

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 FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…The William & Flora H…Foundation to Promote…Silicon Valley Commun…Freedom Together Foun…NEO Philanthropy IncNew Venture FundTides FoundationHopewell FundThe Heising-Simons Fo…Wellspring Philanthro…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 117 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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