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The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler

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.

$30k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,700
Organizations funded a year
10 to 29
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$452k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving23$30k39%
FY202416$27k31%
FY202310$24k40%
FY202215$35k40%
FY202129$44k38%
FY202021$34k38%
FY201920$52k50%
FY201827$41k59%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$98kReligion$75kEmployment$45kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$17kPhilanthropy$15kEnvironment$14kYouth Development$7kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
NC
DC
GA
TX

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
The Griffin School Foundation$63,684886%
Olympia Ecosystems$13,00041%
Jpr Foundation Inc$12,50050%
Rogue Valley Manor Foundation Inc$12,00050%
Living Opportunities Inc$10,50020%
Johns Hopkins University$10,00010%
Brunswick School Inc$7,50020%
Olympia Artspace Alliance$5,25020%
Central Point School District #6$5,0001n/a
Pope John Paul II High School$4,50010%
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All grantees of The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Griffin School Foundation$63,684886%
Olympia Ecosystems$13,00041%
Jpr Foundation Inc$12,50050%
Rogue Valley Manor Foundation Inc$12,00050%
Living Opportunities Inc$10,50020%
Johns Hopkins University$10,00010%
Brunswick School Inc$7,50020%
Olympia Artspace Alliance$5,25020%
Central Point School District #6$5,0001n/a
Pope John Paul II High School$4,50010%
Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance$2,6502n/a
Hands on Children's Museum$2,51530%
Southern Oregon Public Television Inc$2,50010%
University of Washington Foundation$2,50010%
Oregon Public Broadcasting$2,50010%
Veterans Memorial Museum$2,30040%
Homes First$2,10040%
Thurston County Humane Society$2,00030%
Strophy Foundation$1,95212%
Olympia Rotary Foundation$1,75040%
Thurston County Food Bank$1,50020%
F O C U S Inc$1,5002n/a
Olympia Kiwanis Club$1,13253%
Olympia Symphony Orchestra$1,05010%
Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated$1,00010%
Bible Study Fellowship$1,00030%
Harlequin Productions Inc$1,0001n/a
The JOLT News Organization$1,00020%
Olympia Downtown Alliance$1,00010%
Community Lifeline of Mason County$85020%
Options Pregnancy Clinic$75020%
Capitol Land Trust$62040%
Thurston County Chamber Foundation$55020%
Mexican Medical Inc$5001n/a
Crisis Clinic of Thurston & Mason Counties$5001n/a
Child Care Action Council of Thurston County$50010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$50010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3001n/a
Lacey Rotary Foundation$30030%
The Salvation Army$2501n/a
Saving Great Animals$25010%
Hood Canal Education Foundation$2501n/a
ALL Foundation of Washington$25010%
Bsf International LLC$25020%
Womens Microfinance Initiative$25010%
United Way of Thurston County$25010%
Olympia Historical Society$20010%
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts$20010%
Centralia Christian School$20010%
South Sound Reading Foundation$15020%
Pointe Du Hoc Foundation$15010%
Womans Club of Olympia$15010%
Childstrive$15010%
Centralia Police Officers Association$1501n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$10010%
Westmont College$10010%
Frog Dog K9 Inc$10010%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center$6010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($136k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Griffin School Foundation: $63,684 over 8y, 86% of budgetOlympia Ecosystems: $13,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJpr Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRogue Valley Manor Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLiving Opportunities Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrunswick School Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Artspace Alliance: $5,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPope John Paul II High School: $4,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHands on Children's Museum: $2,515 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Oregon Public Television Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Washington Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Public Broadcasting: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Memorial Museum: $2,300 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHomes First: $2,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThurston County Humane Society: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStrophy Foundation: $1,952 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetOlympia Rotary Foundation: $1,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThurston County Food Bank: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Kiwanis Club: $1,132 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetOlympia Symphony Orchestra: $1,050 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation Incorporated: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBible Study Fellowship: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe JOLT News Organization: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOlympia Downtown Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Lifeline of Mason County: $850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOptions Pregnancy Clinic: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCapitol Land Trust: $620 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThurston County Chamber Foundation: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChild Care Action Council of Thurston County: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLacey Rotary Foundation: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSaving Great Animals: $250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALL Foundation of Washington: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBsf International LLC: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomens Microfinance Initiative: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Thurston County: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOlympia Historical Society: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Washington Center for the Performing Arts: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentralia Christian School: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Sound Reading Foundation: $150 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPointe Du Hoc Foundation: $150 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWomans Club of Olympia: $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChildstrive: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWestmont College: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrog Dog K9 Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $60 over 1y, 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 48.

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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 Community Foundation of South Puget SoundWA42.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound · Thurston County Economic Development Cou · Dawkins Charitable Trust · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Artsfund · The Norcliffe Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Fred Goldberg Family Foundation · Mary P Dolciani Halloran Foundation · Renah Blair Rietzke Family Foundation · Credit Unions in the State of Washington Peak Credit Union · Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council

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 The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler

How much does The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler give?
The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler reported 24 grants totaling $30,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Religion (23%), Employment (13%).
Who are The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Griffin School Foundation ($64k), Olympia Ecosystems ($13k), Jpr Foundation Inc ($13k).
Does The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler 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 The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound, Thurston County Economic Development Cou, Dawkins Charitable Trust.
Where is The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler based?
The Finninsula Foundation Inc Co Ted Sandler is based in CT.

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 96 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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