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Sandor 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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
75%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$27,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,567,500
Organizations funded a year
12 to 41
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$52k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Sandor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M 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
InternationalEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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 arriving8$1.7M50%
FY202312$1.2M75%
FY202219$848k26%
FY202125$768k36%
FY202031$556k45%
FY201928$567k64%
FY201841$460k85%
FY201713$320kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.7MEducation$808kPhilanthropy$536kReligion$507kArts & Culture$498kPublic Safety & Disaster$130kInternational$125kHealth$79kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
WY
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
MD
TN
DC
HI
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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mejor via Foundation$2,664,500287%
Cristo Rey Network$350,00052%
Saint Martin de Porres High School$320,46850%
Playhouse Square Foundation$196,09860%
The Musical Arts Association$161,09540%
The College of Wooster$110,00030%
Hands Together Inc$100,00022%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$60,00020%
Saint Ambrose Parish$48,9002n/a
Resource Cleveland$44,10042%
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All grantees of Sandor Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Mejor via Foundation$2,664,500287%
Cristo Rey Network$350,00052%
Saint Martin de Porres High School$320,46850%
Playhouse Square Foundation$196,09860%
The Musical Arts Association$161,09540%
The College of Wooster$110,00030%
Hands Together Inc$100,00022%
Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc$60,00020%
Saint Ambrose Parish$48,9002n/a
Resource Cleveland$44,10042%
Cleveland Museum of Art$32,50040%
Sagrada Familia Parish$27,0001n/a
San Francisco Chanticleer Inc$25,00021%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$25,0001n/a
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation$24,50013%
The Deerwood Foundation Inc$15,00024%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$11,50020%
Cleveland Film Society$10,50020%
Honduran Childrens Rescue Fund$10,0002n/a
Sisters of Notre Dame$10,0001n/a
Brian Bill Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Catholic Charities Corporation$10,00010%
Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation$10,00021%
Our Lady of Malibu Church & School$10,0001n/a
Carmelite Communities Associated Inc$9,551234%
Ohio & Erie Canal Association$8,00011%
Cuyahoga County Public Library$6,0002n/a
American Heart Association Inc$5,00010%
National Outdoor Leadership School$5,00010%
Hope For The Warriors$3,50020%
The Houston Food Bank$3,00010%
Chagrin Valley Pha Horse Shows Inc$2,85010%
Lalela Project Inc$2,58810%
Cleveland State University Foundation$2,50010%
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$2,5001n/a
Earth Day Network Inc$1,25010%
Chagrin Valley Hunt Club$1,25010%
Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce$1,06110%
Undies for Everyone$1,03010%
A Special Wish Foundation Cleveland Chapter$1,00010%
Tri Corner Food Equity Education and Distribution Inc$1,0001n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$55210%
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc$50010%
Magnificat High School$5001n/a
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank$50010%
Humane World for Animals Inc$50010%
Central Texas Food Bank Inc$30010%
The People Concern$26910%
Downtown Women's Center$25810%
Camp Kesem National$25510%
International Rescue Committee INC$5810%
Case Western Reserve University$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 54 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sandor Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMejor via Foundation: $2,664,500 over 2y, 87% of budgetCristo Rey Network: $350,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School: $320,468 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPlayhouse Square Foundation: $196,098 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $161,095 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe College of Wooster: $110,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHands Together Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetGreater Cleveland Food Bank Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResource Cleveland: $44,100 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCleveland Museum of Art: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Chanticleer Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Cleveland Media Development Corporation: $24,500 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Deerwood Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Film Society: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBrian Bill Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCuyahoga County Public Library Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCarmelite Communities Associated Inc: $9,551 over 2y, 34% of budgetOhio & Erie Canal Association: $8,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Outdoor Leadership School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope For The Warriors: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChagrin Valley Pha Horse Shows Inc: $2,850 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLalela Project Inc: $2,588 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCleveland State University Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Day Network Inc: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChagrin Valley Hunt Club: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce: $1,061 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $1,030 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA Special Wish Foundation Cleveland Chapter: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $552 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Kids' Book Bank: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe People Concern: $269 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Women's Center: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $255 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $58 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $50 over 1y, 0.0% 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 43.

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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 Cleveland FoundationOH21.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · The Abington Foundation · John P Murphy Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Eaton Charitable Fund · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Thomas H White Fdn Ta · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

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 Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sandor 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 Foundation

How much does Sandor Foundation give?
Sandor Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $1,719,772 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Sandor Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Education (12%), Philanthropy (8%).
Who are Sandor Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mejor via Foundation ($2.7M), Cristo Rey Network ($350k), Saint Martin de Porres High School ($320k).
Does Sandor Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sandor 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 Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation, The Abington Foundation.
Where is Sandor Foundation based?
Sandor Foundation is based in OH.

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 110 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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