Arizona · Private foundation
Sonntag Family Foundation (The)
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.
- $159k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $44,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Sonntag Family Foundation (The) funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k 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 | 12 | $159k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $163k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $76k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $65k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $22k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $29k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $290k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $68k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $350,220 | 4 | 1% |
| Charitable Gift America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $52,750 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow Neurological Foundation | $350,220 | 4 | 1% |
| Charitable Gift America Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | $52,750 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Arizona Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $21,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rosies House A Music Academy for Children Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School Phoenix | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center | $5,453 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Laguna Niguel Military Support Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Kidney Foundation of Arizona | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($271k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sonntag Family Foundation (The) 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: American Express Foundation · Arizona Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sonntag Family Foundation (The)
- How much does Sonntag Family Foundation (The) give?
- Sonntag Family Foundation (The) reported 12 grants totaling $158,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Sonntag Family Foundation (The) fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (45%), Philanthropy (20%), Education (13%).
- Who are Sonntag Family Foundation (The)'s largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Barrow Neurological Foundation ($350k), Charitable Gift America Inc ($100k), Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($53k).
- Does Sonntag Family Foundation (The) fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sonntag Family Foundation (The) 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 Sonntag Family Foundation (The)?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Express Foundation, Arizona Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Sonntag Family Foundation (The) based?
- Sonntag Family Foundation (The) is based in AZ.
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