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Sanger 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.

$10M
Granted FY2022
62
Grants FY2022
60
Organizations funded FY2022
55%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2022
$3,977,624
Organizations funded a year
1 to 61
FY2019 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
15
Total assets, FY2022
$63M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 55% of the organizations Sanger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
HealthEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentAnimalsOther
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
FY202260$10M55%
FY202157$4.9M91%
FY20201$3.5M0%
FY201961$3.9Mn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$19MArts & Culture$1.2MFood & Nutrition$1.1MHuman Services$424kPhilanthropy$393kHealth$213kAnimals$96kCommunity Improvement$58kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation$50,00011%
Greenlight Fund Inc$40,00020%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$40,00020%
University of Michigan$25,00018%
Groves Academy$23,00010%
Animal Humane Society$20,00020%
Lynn University Inc$20,00020%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$20,00020%
College Possible Inc$20,00020%
Dream of Wild Health$15,00021%
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All grantees of Sanger Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation$50,00011%
Greenlight Fund Inc$40,00020%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$40,00020%
University of Michigan$25,00018%
Groves Academy$23,00010%
Animal Humane Society$20,00020%
Lynn University Inc$20,00020%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$20,00020%
College Possible Inc$20,00020%
Dream of Wild Health$15,00021%
Park Nicollet Foundation$11,00020%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$10,00020%
Northwestern University$10,00010%
Parents as Teachers National Center Inc$10,00010%
DePauw University$10,00010%
Aeon$10,00010%
United States Fund for Unicef$10,00020%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law$10,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10,00010%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$10,00010%
Partners in Food Solutions$10,00010%
St David's Center$6,00020%
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Inc$6,00020%
Never Surrender Inc$6,00010%
Walnut Hills High School Association$5,00014%
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc$5,00010%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The$5,00010%
Walnut Hills High School Alumni Foundation$5,00010%
Economic Club of Minnesota$5,00011%
Pacer Center Inc$5,00010%
Open Arms of Minnesota$5,00010%
Children's Home Society of Minnesota$5,00010%
Center of the American Experiment$5,00010%
Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Camphill Village Minnesota Inc$4,00020%
Majestic Hills Ranch Foundation$4,00020%
Washburn Center for Children$3,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,00020%
Lake Minnetonka Association$2,00020%
People Incorporated$2,00010%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$2,00020%
American Lung Association$2,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$2,00020%
American Diabetes Association$2,00020%
Children's Health Care Foundation$1,75010%
Hennepin Health Foundation$1,00010%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$1,00020%
Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Inc$1,00010%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$1,00010%
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America Inc$1,00010%
Children's Cancer Research Fund$1,00010%
Brightfocus Foundation$1,00010%
Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 93 recipients with no EIN on record ($22M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sanger Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGreenlight Fund Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $25,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetGroves Academy: $23,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLynn University Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Possible Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPark Nicollet Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwestern University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParents as Teachers National Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDePauw University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAeon: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMitchell Hamline School of Law: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Outreach and Community Partners: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Food Solutions: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSt David's Center: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Foundation of America Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNever Surrender Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWalnut Hills High School Association: $5,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFood Group Minnesota Inc The: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWalnut Hills High School Alumni Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEconomic Club of Minnesota: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPacer Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Arms of Minnesota: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Minnesota: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamphill Village Minnesota Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMajestic Hills Ranch Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPeople Incorporated: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHennepin Health Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Inc: $1,000 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 53.

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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 Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Robins Kaplan Foundat…The Richard M Schulze…Charities Aid Foundat…Minnesota Community F…The Blackbaud Giving …United Way WorldwideHugh J Andersen Found…Pohlad Family Foundat…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN27× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Robins Kaplan Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · United Way Worldwide · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · Pohlad Family 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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How do I get to Sanger Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sanger Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Sanger Family Foundation

How much does Sanger Family Foundation give?
Sanger Family Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $10,248,345 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 61 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2022.
What does Sanger Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (73%), Arts & Culture (5%), Food & Nutrition (4%).
Who are Sanger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2022: Chadtough Defeat Dipg Foundation ($50k), Greenlight Fund Inc ($40k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($40k).
Does Sanger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 55% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sanger 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 Sanger Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
Where is Sanger Family Foundation based?
Sanger Family Foundation is based in NY.

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 146 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $519k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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