Florida · Private foundation
Sara Roberts Foundation Inc
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.
- $133k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sara Roberts Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $133k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $105k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $136k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $127k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $132k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $128k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $3k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $224,490 | 9 | 0% |
| Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc | $182,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Lemur Conservation Foundation Inc | $178,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Wildlife Center of Venice Inc | $165,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Honor Sanctuary Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Vintage Paws Sanctuary Inc | $57,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Environmental Conservancy of North Port Inc | $32,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Animal Rescue Coalition Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Sarasota Audubon Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $224,490 | 9 | 0% |
| Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc | $182,200 | 7 | 1% |
| Lemur Conservation Foundation Inc | $178,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Wildlife Center of Venice Inc | $165,000 | 8 | 8% |
| Honor Sanctuary Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Vintage Paws Sanctuary Inc | $57,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Environmental Conservancy of North Port Inc | $32,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Animal Rescue Coalition Inc | $27,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Sarasota Audubon Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Humane Society of Sarasota County Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelter Farm Sanctuary Corp | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sara Roberts Foundation Inc 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: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · The Arthur S Karp Family Foundation Inc · Manatee Community Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sara Roberts Foundation Inc
- How much does Sara Roberts Foundation Inc give?
- Sara Roberts Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $132,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sara Roberts Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (56%), Science & Tech (22%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Sara Roberts Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mote Marine Laboratory Inc ($224k), Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation Inc ($182k), Lemur Conservation Foundation Inc ($179k).
- Does Sara Roberts Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sara Roberts Foundation Inc 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 Roberts Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc, The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Sara Roberts Foundation Inc based?
- Sara Roberts Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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