Tennessee · Private foundation
Sansom 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2020
- 2
- Grants FY2020
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,179,925
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $1,179,925
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 2
- Total assets, FY2020
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 50% of the organizations Sansom Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.2M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $561k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Citadel Foundation | $1,759,925 | 3 | 4% |
| Emerald Youth Foundation | $252,600 | 2 | 1% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
About Sansom Family Foundation
- How much does Sansom Family Foundation give?
- Sansom Family Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $1,224,681 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Sansom Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Education (86%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are Sansom Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: The Citadel Foundation ($1.8M), Emerald Youth Foundation ($253k).
- Does Sansom Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sansom 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.
- Where is Sansom Family Foundation based?
- Sansom Family Foundation is based in TN.
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