Wisconsin · Private foundation
Sandstone Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $101k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $81k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Sandstone Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $101k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $28k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $1k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gps Education Partners Inc | $41,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $30,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The St George Village Botanical Garden of St Croix Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meta House Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sojourner Truth House Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gps Education Partners Inc | $41,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc | $30,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Art Museum Inc | $10,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Urban Ecology Center Inc | $8,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The St George Village Botanical Garden of St Croix Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Meta House Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sojourner Truth House Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sojourner Family Peace Center Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Als Association Inc Wisconsin Chapter | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sandstone Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Sandstone Foundation Inc
- How much does Sandstone Foundation Inc give?
- Sandstone Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $100,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sandstone Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (69%), Environment (12%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are Sandstone Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Gps Education Partners Inc ($41k), Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Inc ($40k), Museum of Wisconsin Art Inc ($30k).
- Does Sandstone Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sandstone Foundation Inc 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 Sandstone Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sandstone Foundation Inc based?
- Sandstone Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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