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Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation

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.

$47k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
104
Grants FY2025
53
Organizations funded FY2024
15%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$200
Largest grant, FY2025
$9,950
Organizations funded a year
53 to 112
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
20
Total assets, FY2025
$53k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving101$47k1%
FY202453$39k15%
FY2023112$44k17%
FY202275$47k13%
FY202171$31k14%
FY202081$54k22%
FY201977$31k23%
FY201861$32k30%
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What it funded, over time

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

Religion$124kEducation$60kPhilanthropy$36kHealth$31kArts & Culture$22kCivil Rights$16kHuman Services$5kInternational$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple Isaiah$37,3028n/a
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$37,28080%
Bentley School$30,00010%
Am Shalom$22,5102n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$5,50590%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$5,40060%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,32090%
American Jewish Committee$4,10090%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$2,10050%
Ort America Inc$2,00190%
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All grantees of Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Temple Isaiah$37,3028n/a
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$37,28080%
Bentley School$30,00010%
Am Shalom$22,5102n/a
Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc$5,50590%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$5,40060%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$5,32090%
American Jewish Committee$4,10090%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$2,10050%
Ort America Inc$2,00190%
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$1,86650%
Bnai Brith International$1,8009n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,71080%
The Art Institute of Chicago$1,56080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,45090%
Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation$1,4008n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,35060%
The Shriners' Hospital for Children$1,30080%
Birthright Israel Foundation$1,20070%
Chicago Horticultural Society$1,14380%
American Heart Association Inc$1,07590%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$1,00040%
March of Dimes Inc$97590%
Israel Cancer Research Fund Inc$95080%
Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc$92570%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$90080%
Legacy Law School Corporation$90051%
Disabled American Veterans$86490%
Habitat for Humanity Inc$85090%
University of Illinois Foundation$75050%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$75050%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$75030%
American Diabetes Association$75080%
Breakthrough T1d$70070%
Rush University Medical Center$67540%
American Kidney Fund Inc$66090%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$65080%
Easter Seals Inc$65090%
Museum of Contemporary Art$60040%
Epilepsy Foundation of Northcentral Illinois Inc$60080%
Mothers Against Drunk Driving$55070%
American Lung Association$55090%
Jewish Child and Family Services$52630%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$52590%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$50040%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$50070%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50060%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$45860%
Indiana University Foundation$45030%
Leukemia Research Foundation$45020%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$45070%
Anti-Defamation League$35020%
Lupus Foundation of America Inc$35040%
Misericordia Foundation$35020%
Maccabi USA Inc$35050%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$34940%
Ronald McDonald House Global$32560%
The Circus Arts Conservatory Inc$30050%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$30030%
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History$30020%
United Service Organizations Inc$25040%
College of Dupage Foundation$20020%
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs$20030%
Endeavor Health Clinical Operations$20010%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$20020%
The Florida State University Foundation Inc$20030%
Loyola University Medical Center$20020%
Coresrq Inc$15020%
Macular Degeneration Association$15020%
The Eisenhower Foundation$11010%
American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem Inc$10010%
The Barack Obama Foundation$10010%
Center for Economic Progress$501n/a
Field Museum of Natural History$5010%
Music Institute of Chicago$5010%
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation$5010%
Colel Chabad$501n/a
National Parks Conservation Association$5010%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$5010%
Tuskegee Airmen Inc$3310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 77 recipients with no EIN on record ($154k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago: $37,280 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBentley School: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSimon Wiesenthal Center Inc: $5,505 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma: $5,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $5,320 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $4,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLymphoma Research Foundation: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOrt America Inc: $2,001 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $1,866 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,710 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $1,560 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,350 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shriners' Hospital for Children: $1,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $1,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Horticultural Society: $1,143 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,075 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $975 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIsrael Cancer Research Fund Inc: $950 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc: $925 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Law School Corporation: $900 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $864 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Inc: $850 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Magen David Adom: $750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Kidney Fund Inc: $660 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art: $600 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Northcentral Illinois Inc: $600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMothers Against Drunk Driving: $550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Lung Association: $550 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Child and Family Services: $526 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc: $525 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $458 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeukemia Research Foundation: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $350 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 74.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL11.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation

How much does Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation give?
Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation reported 104 grants totaling $47,415 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 53 and 112 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Education (20%), Philanthropy (12%).
Who are Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Temple Isaiah ($37k), Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($37k), Bentley School ($30k).
Does Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sheldon J Sandman 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation based?
Sheldon J Sandman Family Foundation is based in FL.

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 161 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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