California · Private foundation
Sanford M Gage 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.
- $164k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 38
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $296k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Sanford M Gage Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $164k | 59% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $128k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $37k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $80k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $103k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $75k | 45% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $67k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beit T'Shuvah | $163,775 | 7 | 1% |
| A Noise Within | $32,790 | 6 | 0% |
| The Santa Monica College Foundation | $18,692 | 5 | 0% |
| MuseIque | $11,825 | 3 | 0% |
| Concern Foundation | $9,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades | $8,455 | 2 | n/a |
| Operation Gratitude Inc | $6,665 | 4 | 0% |
| The Colburn School | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Geffen Playhouse Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends Of L A R C | $3,250 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sanford M Gage 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: Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · California Community Foundation · Warren and Elaine Breslow Family Foundation · Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte · Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Sanford M Gage Foundation
- How much does Sanford M Gage Foundation give?
- Sanford M Gage Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $164,255 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sanford M Gage Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (43%), Health (27%), Philanthropy (17%).
- Who are Sanford M Gage Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Beit T'Shuvah ($164k), A Noise Within ($33k), The Santa Monica College Foundation ($19k).
- Does Sanford M Gage Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sanford M Gage 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 M Gage Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation, The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation.
- Where is Sanford M Gage Foundation based?
- Sanford M Gage Foundation is based in CA.
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