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Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004

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.

$1.7M
Granted FY2020
30
Grants FY2020
29
Organizations funded FY2020
14%
First-time grantees FY2020
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93% of Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Brown University, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 named its own grantees at scale: 21 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

27
’17
24
’18
24
’19
21
’20
13
’21
10
’22
6
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2020
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2020
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 35
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
9
Total assets, FY2020
$22k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 14% of the organizations Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20
HealthRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
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
FY202029$1.4M14%
FY201934$324k29%
FY201831$737k19%
FY201735$354kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$6.2MHealth$1.2MArts & Culture$105kInternational$95kEnvironment$56kRecreation & Sports$35kPhilanthropy$25kHuman Services$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
WA
MT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
DC

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 47 grantees
All grantees of Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$979,00050%
Mount Sinai Health System Inc$120,00020%
Noble and Greenough School$110,00060%
Pilobolus Inc$77,50042%
Speak Up Africa Inc$75,00035%
University of Richmond$50,00020%
Peer Health Exchange Inc$22,50040%
Play Rugby Inc$20,00021%
Steep Rock Association Inc$20,00050%
Warren Land Trust Inc$15,00045%
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc$15,00030%
Greenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc$12,00040%
The Spence School$10,00010%
Physicians For Reproductive Health$9,50050%
The Lake Waramaug Association Inc$7,00056%
Compass Zambia$5,55033%
Lake Waramaug Task Force Inc$5,50041%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$5,00010%
Ferrodonna Features Inc$5,000113%
City Squash Inc$5,00010%
Third Option Foundation$5,00010%
Americares Foundation Inc$4,50050%
Susan B Anthony Project Inc$4,00040%
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc$4,00040%
The Doe Fund Inc$3,50050%
National Parks Conservation Association$3,20050%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$2,50010%
Warren Volunteer Fire Company Inc$2,50041%
Warren Historical Society Inc$2,1004n/a
Washington Scholarship Fund Inc$1,50030%
The Oliver Scholars Program Inc$1,50010%
The Montana Land Reliance$1,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00020%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Radical Hope Inc$1,00010%
Project Lyme$1,00010%
Rwanda One Hill At A Time Inc$75032%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$56530%
Anti-Defamation League$50010%
Diversity of Dance Inc$50010%
Roxbury Land Trust Inc$50010%
Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc$50010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$40020%
Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation Inc$2501n/a
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children$25010%
Eden Autism Services Inc$25010%
West Side Center for Community Life$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $979,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMount Sinai Health System Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNoble and Greenough School: $110,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPilobolus Inc: $77,500 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetSpeak Up Africa Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeer Health Exchange Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPlay Rugby Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSteep Rock Association Inc: $20,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWarren Land Trust Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetThe Graduate Center Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreenwoods Counseling & Referrals Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Spence School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhysicians For Reproductive Health: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lake Waramaug Association Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCompass Zambia: $5,550 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetLake Waramaug Task Force Inc: $5,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFerrodonna Features Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCity Squash Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThird Option Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSusan B Anthony Project Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Connecticut Land Conservancy Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Doe Fund Inc: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $3,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWarren Volunteer Fire Company Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Scholarship Fund Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Oliver Scholars Program Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Montana Land Reliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRadical Hope Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Lyme: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRwanda One Hill At A Time Inc: $750 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetNational Multiple Sclerosis Society: $565 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDiversity of Dance Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRoxbury Land Trust Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHuntington's Disease Society of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEden Autism Services Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWest Side Center for Community Life: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 45.

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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.

FjcNY26.7× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fjc · The Connecticut Community Foundation · The Kestrel Foundation · Murray & Susan Haber Charitable Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Dungannon Foundation Inc · The Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation · Charles & Jane Klein Family Fund · The Wenden Foundation · S & L Marx Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust

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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About Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004

How much does Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 give?
Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 reported 30 grants totaling $1,673,120 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (67%), Health (12%), Arts & Culture (1%).
Who are Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ($979k), Mount Sinai Health System Inc ($120k), Noble and Greenough School ($110k).
Does Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 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 Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fjc, The Connecticut Community Foundation, The Kestrel Foundation.
Where is Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 based?
Sara & Robert Savage Charitable Foundation U/A/D 12-28-2004 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 68 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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