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Sangster Family Foundation at a glance

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Sangster Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Education$46kHealth$26kAnimals$21kHuman Services$13kArts & Culture$11kPhilanthropy$5kEnvironment$4kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$112k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The AAKOMA Project Inc$2,500
Trinity Health Southeast Michigan$2,500
St Joseph's Academy$2,500
All The World's A Stage$1,750
National Park Foundation$1,750
Leader Dogs for the Blind$1,750
Coral Reef Alliance$1,750
The Rainbow Connection$1,000
Farm Sanctuary$1,000
Folds of Honor Foundation$1,000
Atlanta Humane Society$1,000
Children of Fallen Patriots$500
Mighty Oaks Foundation$500
Paws of War Inc$500
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Fund$500
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $2k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MI
NY
CA
VA
TN
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 17 repeat orgs$16k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
9

Total granted

$112k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+91%

Still filing today

82%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman 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

  • AH
    Atlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc
    7× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +40%
  • TR
    THE RAINBOW CONNECTION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $13k · revenue +58%
  • AT
    All The World's A Stage
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +194%
  • FI
    Florida Institute of Technology Panther Fund
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • GT
    Give the Kids the World Village
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
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
K9S for Warriors Research Institute Inc

Research and advocacy for veterans with post-traumatic stress and the prevention of veteran suicide.

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2
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
3
Troops First Foundation Incorporated

To develop, operate, and support a synergistic group of wellness, quality of life, and event-based initiatives in support of today's combat-wounded military personnel and their families, while facilitating a greater recognition and…

Public Benefit
4
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
5
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
6
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
7
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
8
Air & Space Forces Association

The air & space forces association (afa) is a nonprofit, independent, professional military, and aerospace education association. the association's mission is to promote dominant u.s. air and space forces as the foundation of a strong…

Education
9
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
10
Foundation for Advancing Veterans' Health Research

To promote, administer, and conduct research and education at the va to improve the health and lives of veterans.

Health
11
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
12
Packages From Home

To send care and comfort packages to deployed american military heroes who are stationed in active duty theaters around the world, as well as to facilitate activities that elevate morale of all veterans

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Folds of Honor Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 29 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Joseph's Academy: $20,900 · OtherSt Joseph's AcademyTrinity Health Southeast Michigan: $5,000 · OtherTrinity Health Southeast MichiganMarine Corps Law Enforcement Fund: $3,850 · OtherMarine Corps Law Enforcement FundFlorida Institute of Technology Panther Fund: $2,500 · OtherFlorida Institute of Technology Pant…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,750 · OtherTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $1,750 · OtherTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Other+5 more: $3,550 · Other+5 moreAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $14,300 · AnimalsAtlanta Humane Soci…FARM SANCTUARY INC: $5,300 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INCPAWS OF WAR INC: $1,500 · AnimalsPAWS OF WAR INCPatient Paws Service Dogs Inc: $1,000 · AnimalsTHE AAKOMA PROJECT INC: $12,500 · EducationTHE AAKOMA PROJE…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,250 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR F…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER T…+2 more: $1,100 · Education+2 moreTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $12,600 · HealthTHE RAINBOW C…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER …MIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthMIGHTY OAKS F…+1 more: $500 · HealthAll The World's A Stage: $11,000 · Arts & CultureAll The W…LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10,900 · Human ServicesLEADER DO…HENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $4,650 · Philanthropy
Other$40,800Animals$22,100Education$18,350Health$15,100Arts & Culture$11,000Human Services$10,900Philanthropy$9,650

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 budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $14,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RAINBOW CONNECTION: $12,600 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AAKOMA PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetAll The World's A Stage: $11,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFARM SANCTUARY INC: $5,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH PROVIDENCE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFALLEN AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS FUND: $4,650 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS OF WAR INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTRAVIS MILLS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIGHTY OAKS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPatient Paws Service Dogs Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMARINE CORPS-LAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDA FOUNDATION INC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren of Fallen Patriots Foundation: $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.

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.

Raymond James Charita…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL10.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Sangster Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sangster 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s 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 · 0–90%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Sangster Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Sangster 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.

    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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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