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Saner 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.

$42k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$13k
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 2024.

Education$100kArts & Culture$73kEnvironment$43kPhilanthropy$25kHealth$23kFood & Nutrition$20kInternational$11kAnimals$2k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$3,275
Median grant
5
States reached
$640k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$13,275
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY$7,000
THE HAMPTON LIBRARY$3,775
UNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY$3,500
COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY$3,275
PECONIC LAND TRUST$3,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$2,500
THE YORK LAND TRUST$2,000
FOUNDATIOIN FOR THE KENT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$2,000
PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC$1,275
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 12%COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY: $2k → 12%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.
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$292k · 13 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
1

Total granted

$292k
$2k

Still filing today

77%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EnvironmentHealthInternationalEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • BU
    BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +5%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $25k · revenue +12%
  • PL
    PECONIC LAND TRUST INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24k · revenue +474%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ANIMAL CARE SHELTER FOR KENT COUNTY
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
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
Connecticut Farmland Trust Inc

Protect Connecticuts farmland for agricultural use by purchasing and accepting donations of agricultural conservation easements

Food & Nutrition
2
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
4
Maine Farmland Trust

Maine Farmland Trust protects farmland, supports farmers, and advances the future of farming.

Food & Nutrition
5
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
6
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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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 Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
9
Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis

Always with the goal of working toward a safer, more livable city, our mission is to improve working conditions for our members - police officers who work in minneapolis - and to make certain their rights are protected.

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10
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
11
The Potomac Conservancy Inc

Potomac conservancy safeguards the land and waters of the potomac river and its tributaries and connects people to this national treasure.

Environment
12
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Community Food Pantry. 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

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $73,275 · OtherTHE BUSHNELL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING AR…THE HAMPTON LIBRARY: $22,275 · OtherTHE HAMPTON LIBRARYFOUNDATION FOR THE KENT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY INC: $12,500 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR THE KENT COUNTY PUBLIC LIB…+1 more: $1,500 · OtherBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationBRADLEY UNIVERSITYPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $24,000 · EnvironmentPECONIC LAND TRU…YORK LAND TRUST: $16,000 · EnvironmentYORK LAND TRUSTSHORERIVERS INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentSHORERIVERS INCUNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WA…PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $11,500 · HealthPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $9,275 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · HealthCommunity Food Pantry: $20,025 · Human ServicesMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $5,000 · International
Other$109,550Education$65,000Environment$43,000Philanthropy$25,000Health$23,275Human Services$20,025International$10,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBRADLEY UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Food Pantry: $20,025 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetYORK LAND TRUST: $16,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $9,275 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHORERIVERS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 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 BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF KENT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Food Pantry ↗
  • Who funds YORK LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD HUDSON PECONIC INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHORERIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA 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.

Fordi Family Foundati…Mid Shore Community F…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fordi Family Foundation IncMD13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fordi Family Foundation Inc · Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Shorerivers Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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 15 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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