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The Erich and Hannah Sachs Foundation at a glance

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The Erich and Hannah Sachs 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.

$331k
Granted FY2025still arriving
36
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$92kHealth$36kHousing & Shelter$20kEnvironment$18kCommunity Improvement$10kYouth Development$8kHuman Services$5kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k25 grants · $68k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
$5,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$28M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST$57,250
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$52,746
WATSI INC$50,000
KIVA MICRO FUND$25,000
WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION$15,000
BLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$10,981
GIVE DIRECTLY$10,918
WATSI INC$10,918
Individual grant recipient$10,000
SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
UPSTATE FILMS$8,000
MAGNOLIA GLOBAL ACADEMY$5,000
LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE (GALA)$5,000
PROJECT COMMOTION$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GIRL VENTURES: $5k → 10%NORTH BAY CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 8%CATALYST YOUTH NETWORK: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CA
DC
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$269k · 14 repeat orgs$228k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 28 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
15

Total granted

$269k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+8%

Still filing today

57%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • PC
    Project Commotion
    7× · 2017–2025 · $29k · revenue +108%
  • SF
    San Francisco Achievers
    2× · 2017–2018 · $21k · revenue +61%
  • CN
    CONSERVATION NW
    3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • AI
    ACCION INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue -14%
  • SP
    ST PAUL'S SCHOOL ANNUAL FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • NB
    NORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +17%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
3
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
4
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
5
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

—
6
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
9
Marin Humane Society

Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.

Animals
10
International Center for Research On Women

The international center for research for women (icrw) is a global research institute, with a mission to advance rights and opportunities for women, girls, and structurally excluded populations with actionable evidence and solutions.

International
11
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
12
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Newark Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Peaceful Presence Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
17/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: $54,756 · OtherPRINCETON UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $37,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMeritus College Fund: $12,000 · OtherMeritus College FundBLUE DRAGON CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,981 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $9,465 · Other+25 more: $72,059 · Other+25 moreWATSI INC: $60,918 · HealthWATSI INCProject Commotion: $29,000 · HealthProject CommotionLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $4,000 · Health+2 more: $5,000 · HealthCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $62,250 · EnvironmentCOLUMBIA LAND TRU…CONSERVATION NW: $12,500 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION NW+3 more: $3,694 · EnvironmentSan Francisco Achievers: $21,000 · EducationSan Francisco …WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUN…The Trustees of Princeton University: $11,500 · EducationThe Trustees o…SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 · EducationSOUTH SUDANESE…BILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $5,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER…BROOKLYN KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY: $2,500 · Education+2 more: $3,000 · EducationKIVA MICROFUNDS: $25,000 · InternationalACCION INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · InternationalGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $10,918 · Human ServicesNORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesGIRLVENTURES: $5,000 · Human ServicesCatalyst Youth Network: $2,500 · Human ServicesUPSTATE FILMS LTD: $8,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureADVANCE GENDER EQUITY IN THE ARTS: $1,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$206,261Health$98,918Environment$78,444Education$68,000International$35,000Human Services$23,418Arts & Culture$12,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $62,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Commotion: $29,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Achievers: $21,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVATION NW: $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMeritus College Fund: $12,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $11,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetACCION INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $9,465 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUPSTATE FILMS LTD: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH BAY CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLVENTURES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE ON THE SHELTERLESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCY'S LOVE BUS CHARITABLE TRUST INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEACEFUL PRESENCE PROJECT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER NEWARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatalyst Youth Network: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS STOREFRONT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBROOKLYN KINDERGARTEN SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALCOHOL JUSTICE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVANCE GENDER EQUITY IN THE ARTS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetACHIEVE MIAMI INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE RESERVE INC: $194 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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 San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…The Oregon Community …American Endowment Fo…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
The San Francisco FoundationCA14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Erich and Hannah Sachs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Erich and Hannah Sachs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Advance Gender Equity in the Arts: 2% of income from government
  • The Peaceful Presence Project: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Erich and Hannah Sachs Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Erich and Hannah Sachs Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 58 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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