Connecticut · Private foundation
The Sage Foundation Inc
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.
- $22M
- Granted FY2023
- 90
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 71
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $19M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $6,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 67 to 95
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 17
- Total assets, FY2023
- $172M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 72% of the organizations The Sage Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 71 | $18M | 72% |
| FY2021 | 67 | $4.3M | 63% |
| FY2020 | 95 | $5.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm King Art Center | $2,195,144 | 3 | 20% |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | $1,960,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich | $650,000 | 1 | 6% |
| America's Promise the Alliance for Youth | $250,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $225,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Round Hill Volunteer Fire Company Inc | $207,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $170,192 | 2 | 0% |
| University of the People | $160,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Physicians for Human Rights Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Greenwich Library | $145,000 | 3 | 5% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 110 recipients with no EIN on record ($20M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sage Foundation Inc 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About The Sage Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sage Foundation Inc give?
- The Sage Foundation Inc reported 90 itemized grants totaling $18,916,658, out of $22,413,262 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 67 and 95 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Sage Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (10%), Arts & Culture (3%), International (2%).
- Who are The Sage Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Storm King Art Center ($2.2M), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ($2.0M), Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich ($650k).
- Does The Sage Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sage Foundation Inc 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 Sage Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Sage Foundation Inc based?
- The Sage Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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