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Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$127k
Granted FY2021
8
Grants FY2021
8
Organizations funded FY2021
13%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
8 to 40
FY2017 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
3
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 13% of the organizations Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $65k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterEducationCrime & LegalReligionOther
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
FY20218$127k13%
FY202029$143k38%
FY201936$134k44%
FY201840$185k57%
FY201726$108kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Human Services$184kHousing & Shelter$157kArts & Culture$64kEducation$63kHealth$43kYouth Development$35kPhilanthropy$31kCivil Rights$17kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 52 grantees
All grantees of Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Montgomery Housing Partnership Inc$70,00030%
Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc$58,60821%
Bender Jcc of Greater Washington$44,87440%
Community Bridges Inc$32,50042%
Caringmatters Inc$27,50051%
Montgomery College Foundation$22,50040%
Generation Hope$14,75031%
The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc$14,37530%
The Theatre Lab Inc$13,95040%
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc$13,55021%
Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum$10,00010%
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc$10,0003n/a
Transgender American Veterans Association$10,0001n/a
Jubilee Foundation Inc$9,63521%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$9,00030%
Oyster River Womenade$8,0003n/a
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$7,10020%
National Women's Law Center$6,50020%
William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing$6,20030%
National Center for Children and Families$6,00020%
McGregor Memorial Ambulance Inc D/B/A Durham Ambulance Corps$5,50030%
Art Enables$5,30030%
Montgomery County Family Justice Center Foundation Inc$5,10032%
Rebuilding Together Montgomery County Inc$5,00011%
National Partnership for Women and Families$5,00010%
Interfaith Works$5,00010%
Iona Senior Services$4,80030%
Washington Area Women's Foundation$4,37510%
Friends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc$4,00020%
Manna Food Center Inc$4,00010%
Imagination Stage Inc$3,60010%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$2,50010%
Gather$2,50010%
Share Our Strength$2,00010%
N Street Village Inc$2,00020%
Fractured Atlas Inc$1,80010%
Sunflower Bakery Inc$1,80010%
Adventure Theatre Inc$1,50010%
Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy$1,50010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,50010%
The Ellington Fund$1,00010%
After School Dance Fund Inc$1,0001n/a
Spirit Club Foundation Inc$1,00011%
Asian American LEAD$1,00010%
Victims Rights Foundation$1,00013%
Services and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc$1,00010%
Round House Theatre Inc$50010%
Story Tapestries Inc$50010%
The High Tea Society$50017%
Vital Voices Global Partnership Inc$50010%
Friendship Place$50010%
Women Who Care Ministries$50010%

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($224k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMontgomery Housing Partnership Inc: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Adoption Support and Education Inc: $58,608 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBender Jcc of Greater Washington: $44,874 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Bridges Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCaringmatters Inc: $27,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMontgomery College Foundation: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGeneration Hope: $14,750 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc: $14,375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Theatre Lab Inc: $13,950 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGlen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture Inc: $13,550 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJubilee Foundation Inc: $9,635 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWashington Regional Association of Grantmakers: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc: $7,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Law Center: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Wendt Center for Loss and Healing: $6,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Center for Children and Families: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMcGregor Memorial Ambulance Inc D/B/A Durham Ambulance Corps: $5,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetArt Enables: $5,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMontgomery County Family Justice Center Foundation Inc: $5,100 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetRebuilding Together Montgomery County Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNational Partnership for Women and Families: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInterfaith Works: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIona Senior Services: $4,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Area Women's Foundation: $4,375 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Library Montgomery County Maryland Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetManna Food Center Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImagination Stage Inc: $3,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGather: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetN Street Village Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunflower Bakery Inc: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdventure Theatre Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ellington Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit Club Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAsian American LEAD: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVictims Rights Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetServices and Advocacy for Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Elders Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRound House Theatre Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStory Tapestries Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe High Tea Society: $500 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetVital Voices Global Partnership Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Who Care Ministries: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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 48.

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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 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC49.6× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Nora Roberts Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Healthcare Initiative Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Adventist Healthcare Inc · Spm Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · Posner-Wallace 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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About Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc

How much does Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc give?
Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $127,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
What does Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Housing & Shelter (22%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Montgomery Housing Partnership Inc ($70k), Center for Adoption Support and Education Inc ($59k), Bender Jcc of Greater Washington ($45k).
Does Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sanford and Doris Slavin 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 Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Clark-Winchcole Foundation.
Where is Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc based?
Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc is based in MD.

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 78 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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