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Sandor 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.

$486k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
26
Grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
31%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$85,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 54
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$424k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 31% of the organizations Sandor Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHealthPhilanthropyCivil RightsInternationalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$431k48%
FY202313$118k31%
FY202214$208k50%
FY202119$117k26%
FY202018$174k17%
FY201938$233k32%
FY201837$609k19%
FY201754$355kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MArts & Culture$643kHealth$167kEnvironment$125kReligion$72kPhilanthropy$70kSocial Science$60kScience & Tech$26kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
NJ
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 75 grantees
All grantees of Sandor Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$381,14920%
The Art Institute of Chicago$189,04260%
The Book Truck Inc$115,000717%
Eisenhower Medical Center$100,00020%
Ringling College of Art and Design Inc$86,00020%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$85,00010%
Washington University$80,00020%
Northwestern University$61,00040%
The Paideia School Inc$50,00030%
The Eyebeam Atelier Inc$46,11371%
American Friends of the Musee Dorsay$44,00041%
Florida Studio Theatre Inc$40,00020%
American Friends of Tel Aviv Univ$35,00020%
Asolo Theatre Inc$30,00010%
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists$26,00060%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$25,52520%
The Arts Club of Chicago$25,00011%
Chicago Sinai Congregation$21,0004n/a
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc$21,00020%
Diocese of Venice in Florida Inc$20,0002n/a
The Chicago Academy of Sciences$20,00020%
Temple Emanu-El$18,0001n/a
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated$17,00011%
The Joffrey Ballet$15,50050%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$15,00020%
Victory Gardens Theater$15,00050%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$15,00050%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$15,00050%
University of Arkansas Foundation Inc$12,50010%
The Forward Association Inc$12,50030%
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida Inc$12,50020%
Museum of Contemporary Art$10,01020%
Kissick Family Foundation$10,00010%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$10,00010%
American Jewish Committee$10,00010%
All Faiths Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Temple Emanu-El Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Evergreen Climate Innovations$10,00010%
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces$8,00020%
University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc$6,00020%
Strides for Peace Inc$6,00051%
Alport Syndrome Foundation Inc$6,00020%
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc$5,00010%
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc$5,00020%
University of Minnesota Foundation$5,00010%
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago$5,00010%
Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation$5,00010%
Lawyers for the Creative Arts$5,00050%
United Way of Westchester and Putnam$5,00010%
Key Chorale Inc$5,00011%
Facets Film Forum$5,00011%
Aperture Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Chicago Public Library Foundation$3,00030%
Museum of New Mexico Foundation$3,00030%
The Purple Rose Theatre Company$3,00030%
Threewalls$3,00030%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$2,00020%
The Great Books Foundation$2,00010%
Palm Springs Art Museum$1,25010%
IntuitCenter for IntuitiveOutsider Art$1,01010%
Krasl Art Center Inc$1,00010%
Chicago's Green City Market Program$1,00010%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$1,00010%
Arkansas Foodbank$1,00010%
Bay Cove Human Services Inc$1,00010%
AIDS Assistance Program$1,00010%
Rock Steady Boxing Inc$1,00010%
Project Sunshine Inc$1,00010%
New Art Association$1,0001n/a
Chicago Zoological Society$50010%
International Justice Mission$50010%
Historical Assoc of South Haven$45020%
Special Olympics Inc$30030%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($411k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sandor Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $381,149 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $189,042 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Book Truck Inc: $115,000 over 7y, 17% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRingling College of Art and Design Inc: $86,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $85,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWashington University: $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $61,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Paideia School Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Eyebeam Atelier Inc: $46,113 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Friends of the Musee Dorsay: $44,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFlorida Studio Theatre Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Friends of Tel Aviv Univ: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAsolo Theatre Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBulletin of the Atomic Scientists: $26,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $25,525 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arts Club of Chicago: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc: $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Academy of Sciences: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated: $17,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Joffrey Ballet: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVictory Gardens Theater: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetChicago Theatre Group Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arkansas Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Forward Association Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWestcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art: $10,010 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKissick Family Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Faiths Food Bank Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEvergreen Climate Innovations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Israel Defense Forces: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Oklahoma Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetStrides for Peace Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAlport Syndrome Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Circus Arts Conservatory Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAgahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAccess Living of Metropolitan Chicago: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLawyers for the Creative Arts: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Westchester and Putnam: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKey Chorale Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFacets Film Forum: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budget

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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 70.

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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 Chicago Community TrustIL22.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Alphawood Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Aaron Family Foundation · Deline Charitable Foundation Inc · Metzner Family 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.

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How do I get to Sandor Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sandor Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Sandor Family Foundation

How much does Sandor Family Foundation give?
Sandor Family Foundation reported 26 grants totaling $486,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sandor Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Arts & Culture (28%), Health (7%).
Who are Sandor Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Chicago ($381k), The Art Institute of Chicago ($189k), The Book Truck Inc ($115k).
Does Sandor Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sandor 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 Sandor Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Sandor Family Foundation based?
Sandor Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 106 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-PF 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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