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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 FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$1.6M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% 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
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $96k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.6M
$27,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$52k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION$1,567,500
HANDS TOGETHER INC$50,000
Individual grant recipient$33,000
LA SAGRADA FAMILIA PARISH$27,000
ST MICHAEL'S RIDGE CATHOLIC CHURCH$14,000
MARIANS OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION$12,000
ST AMBROSE CATHOLIC PARISH$10,221
CARMELITE COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED$6,051
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 (FY17–24, $2.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $258 → 14%MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION: $1.6M → 7%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $269 → 14%MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION: $1.1M → 7%CAMP KESEM NATIONAL: $255 → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $15k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $10k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $8k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $5k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $5k → 17%REFUGEE RESPONSE: $27k → 17%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

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

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 37 repeat orgs$573k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
66

Total granted

$5.9M
$491k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+19%

Still filing today

49%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MV
    MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +41% · 87% of their budget
  • CR
    CRISTO REY NETWORK
    5× · 2017–2022 · $350k · revenue +211%
  • PS
    Playhouse Square Foundation
    6× · 2017–2022 · $196k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WOOSTER FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $80k
  • CR
    CRISTO REY
    one grant, 2018 · $55k
  • RC
    RED CROSS DISASTER RELIEF GREATER CLEVELAND CHAPTER
    one grant, 2018 · $30k
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
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
2
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Cleveland Council On World Affairs

To inspire engagement in international affairs and world cultures through education, public dialogue, and citizen diplomacy.

International
5
Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose Inc

Chief executives for corporate purpose (cecp) is the only business counsel and network dedicated to driving measurable returns on purpose. we promote responsible purpose-driven business as it increases customer loyalty, builds employee…

Philanthropy
6
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
9
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
10
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc

See schedule othe democracy collaborative was established in 2000 to advance understanding of democracy for the 21st century and to promote emerging strategies and innovations in community development that enhance democratic life. in…

Education
11
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
12
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cleveland Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

50 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. 50 of the 110 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
32/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION: $2,664,500 · Human ServicesMEJOR VIA FOUNDATION+6 more: $69,882 · Human ServicesIndividual grant recipient: $804,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHANDS TOGETHER FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherHANDS TOGETHER FOUNDATIONHANDS TOGETHER: $80,000 · OtherTHE WOOSTER FUND: $80,000 · OtherST AMBROSE: $79,619 · Other+68 more: $899,058 · Other+68 moreCRISTO REY NETWORK: $350,000 · EducationCRISTO REY NE…Saint Martin de Porres High School: $320,468 · EducationSaint Martin …THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $110,000 · EducationTHE COLLEGE O…+5 more: $15,550 · EducationPlayhouse Square Foundation: $196,098 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Association: $161,095 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $32,500 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO CHANTICLEER INC: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $18,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $95,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER CLEVELAND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $24,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $9,530 · PhilanthropyHands Together Inc: $100,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $11,500 · InternationalHONDURAN CHILDRENS RESCUE FUND: $10,000 · InternationalBRIAN BILL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · International+3 more: $3,198 · InternationalGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $60,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $1,300 · Food & Nutrition
Human Services$2,734,382Other$2,242,677Education$796,018Arts & Culture$433,193Philanthropy$179,030International$134,698Food & Nutrition$61,300

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

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 budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $95,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 budgetWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $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
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 MEJOR VIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CRISTO REY NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
  • Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Musical Arts Association ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RESOURCE CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds SAN FRANCISCO CHANTICLEER INC ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DEERWOOD FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Foundat…The Fedeli Family Cha…The Abington Foundati…John P Murphy Foundat…The Reinberger Founda…Eaton Charitable FundThe Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…Thomas H White Fdn TaThe Helen F & Louis S…Higley Fund of the Cl…Sisters of Charity Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home