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Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7.1M
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
2
Organizations funded FY2020
100%
First-time grantees FY2020
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67% of Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Maine Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

34
’18
38
’19
0
’20

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

Median grant, FY2020
$2,322,835
Largest grant, FY2020
$2,422,835
Organizations funded a year
2 to 51
FY2018 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
4
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20
EnvironmentInternationalEmploymentRecreation & SportsEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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
FY20202$2.4M100%
FY201951$167k24%
FY201844$141kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Philanthropy$4.9MEnvironment$86kEducation$77kArts & Culture$64kInternational$44kHealth$41kScience & Tech$9kEmployment$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
MT
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
SC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$20,00020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00010%
Save the Sound$17,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$14,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$12,00020%
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc$10,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$10,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00020%
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All grantees of Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc$30,00021%
Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc$20,00020%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$20,00010%
Save the Sound$17,00020%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$14,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$12,00020%
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc$10,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$10,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$10,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,00020%
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$10,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$10,00010%
The Sheffield Land Trust Inc$7,50023%
Kneisel Hall$7,00020%
Per Scholas Inc$7,00020%
Lift Inc$5,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$5,00010%
Connecticut Foodshare Inc$4,00020%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$3,50020%
The Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Hopkins School Incorporated$2,40020%
United Way of Greater New Haven Inc$2,20020%
The Foote School Association Incorporated$2,20020%
National Public Radio Inc$2,00020%
Shaw Institute$2,00020%
Peninsula Ambulance Corps$2,00020%
Yale New Haven Hospital$2,00010%
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$2,00020%
Lucy's Hearth$2,00020%
Blue Hill Heritage Trust$2,00020%
Central Asia Institute$2,00020%
Brandywine Valley Chorale$2,0002n/a
Life and Light Foundation$2,00020%
Northfield Mount Hermon School$2,00020%
Special Olympics Vermont Inc$1,50010%
Green Mountain Valley School Inc$1,50010%
Fairview Hospital$1,5002n/a
Sailors for the Sea Inc$1,0002n/a
Columbus House Inc$1,00010%
The Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital$1,00010%
The Connecticut Hospice Inc$1,00010%
Berkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc$75020%

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNatural Resources Council of Maine Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Sound: $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $14,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMahaiwe Performing Arts Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRett Syndrome Research Trust Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sheffield Land Trust Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetKneisel Hall: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPer Scholas Inc: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLift Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut Foodshare Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Kelly S Brush Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHopkins School Incorporated: $2,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater New Haven Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foote School Association Incorporated: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShaw Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPeninsula Ambulance Corps: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYale New Haven Hospital: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLucy's Hearth: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Hill Heritage Trust: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Asia Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLife and Light Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNorthfield Mount Hermon School: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Vermont Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Mountain Valley School Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus House Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Connecticut Hospice Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBerkshire Garden Center Inc Dba Berkshire Botanical Garden Inc: $750 over 2y, 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 39.

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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.

Becton Family Foundat…Newalliance Foundatio…The Community Foundat…Citizens Charitable F…Louis & Dora T Mohill…The Martin FoundationAldo Dedominicis Foun…Roslyn Milstein Meyer…The Susan Pechter Cha…Prior Family Foundati…Eder Family Foundatio…The Clements Family C…
Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter TrusteeFL17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee · Newalliance Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Louis & Dora T Mohill Foundation Inc · The Martin Foundation · Aldo Dedominicis Foundation Inc · Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees · The Susan Pechter Charitable Foundation · Prior Family Foundation · Eder Family Foundation Inc · The Clements Family Charitable 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 Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008

How much does Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 give?
Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 reported 4 grants totaling $7,118,505 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 51 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
What does Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2020, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Environment (1%), Education (1%).
Who are Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2020: New Haven Symphony Orchestra Inc ($30k), Natural Resources Council of Maine Inc ($20k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($20k).
Does Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Becton Family Foundation Sheila Heatter Trustee, Newalliance Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.
Where is Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 based?
Sasco Foundation Xxxxx0008 is based in IL.

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 61 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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