Missouri · Private foundation
Sanford and Gloria Spitzer 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.
- $215k
- Granted FY2023
- 29
- Grants FY2023
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Total assets, FY2023
- $17k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $108k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 28 | $207k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $95k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $161k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $197k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $222k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $187k | 4% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $193k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift for Life Academy Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saul Mirowitz Jewish School | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Covenant Place Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gateway to Hope | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cancer Support Community of Greater St Louis | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift for Life Academy Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saul Mirowitz Jewish School | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Covenant Place Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of America | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Services of St Louis | $10,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Gateway to Hope | $10,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Scholarship Foundation of St Louis | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cancer Support Community of Greater St Louis | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| St Louis Jewish Light | $6,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Shaving Israel | $5,300 | 6 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Temple Israel | $2,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Center | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Greater St Louis Arts and Education Council | $1,200 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | $600 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($944k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Milford & Lee Bohm Charitable Foundation · Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Jewish Federation of St Louis · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · The Chod Family Foundation · Gallop Family Foundation · The Patriot Foundation · Staenberg Family Foundation · The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital · Millstone Foundation · Centene Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation with peer funders
About Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation
- How much does Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation give?
- Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $215,050 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Education (16%), Health (16%).
- Who are Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Lift for Life Academy Inc ($80k), Saul Mirowitz Jewish School ($75k), The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital ($40k).
- Does Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family 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 Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Milford & Lee Bohm Charitable Foundation, Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation, The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation based?
- Sanford and Gloria Spitzer Family Foundation is based in MO.
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