Virginia · Private foundation
Sauer Lewis 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.
- $384k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $8.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Sauer Lewis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $384k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $475k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $476k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $424k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $420k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $400k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $285k | 8% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $390k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler College Inc | $625,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Gait | $285,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Virginia Episcopal School | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Caritas | $178,000 | 8 | 1% |
| World Pediatrics | $110,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pga Tour Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Catherine's School Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anna Julia Cooper School | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Faison Center Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boaz and Ruth Inc | $60,000 | 8 | 2% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler College Inc | $625,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mission Gait | $285,000 | 5 | 12% |
| Virginia Episcopal School | $200,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Caritas | $178,000 | 8 | 1% |
| World Pediatrics | $110,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pga Tour Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| St Catherine's School Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Anna Julia Cooper School | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Faison Center Inc | $65,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Boaz and Ruth Inc | $60,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The McShin Foundation | $59,736 | 5 | 1% |
| Hearts With Haiti Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 4% |
| James River Association | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Circles Rva Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Servants in Fellowship | $34,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Liberation Veteran Services Inc | $32,500 | 4 | 1% |
| ReWork Richmond Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Small World Yoga Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Healing Place | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Christopher's School Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mechanics of Faith | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sauer Lewis Foundation 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 Inc · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Paul H Pusey Foundation · Wilbur Moreland Havens Charitable Foundation · Virginia Nonprofit Housing Coalition · Herndon Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Carmax Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sauer Lewis Foundation
- How much does Sauer Lewis Foundation give?
- Sauer Lewis Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $383,605 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sauer Lewis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (34%), Health (16%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Sauer Lewis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Flagler College Inc ($625k), Mission Gait ($285k), Virginia Episcopal School ($200k).
- Does Sauer Lewis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sauer Lewis 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sauer Lewis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation, Virginia Sargeant Reynolds Foundation.
- Where is Sauer Lewis Foundation based?
- Sauer Lewis Foundation is based in VA.
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