Alabama · Private foundation
The Sanders 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Sanders Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 15 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $230k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $217k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $238k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $178k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $156k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $143k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $101k | 46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $217,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Restoration Academy | $165,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Birmingham School of Law Foundation | $142,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Better Basics Inc | $110,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Food for Thought Outreach Inc | $57,100 | 4 | 2% |
| South Walton Academy Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gardere Community Christian School | $57,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Indian Springs School | $44,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cornerstone Schools of Alabama Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Oak Ranch Inc | $217,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The Restoration Academy | $165,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Birmingham School of Law Foundation | $142,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Better Basics Inc | $110,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Alabama Aerospace & Aviation High School | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Food for Thought Outreach Inc | $57,100 | 4 | 2% |
| South Walton Academy Inc | $57,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gardere Community Christian School | $57,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Indian Springs School | $44,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Cornerstone Schools of Alabama Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westonwood Ranch Inc | $32,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Oneonta Foundation for Educational Resources Inc | $32,000 | 9 | 25% |
| The Exceptional Foundation | $22,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Highlands Day School Foundation | $7,206 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arc of Central Alabama Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Uab Research Foundation | $750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($602k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Sanders Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · The Maynard Nexsen Foundation · Hill Crest Foundation Inc · The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · The Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham · W W Walker Jr and Family Charitable Foundation · The James Milton and Sallie R Johnson Foundation · The H Evan Zeiger Jr & Margaret Zeiger Charitable Foundation · Robert R Meyer Foundation · Susan Mott Webb Charitable Trust · Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund
How this is measured
About The Sanders Family Foundation
- How much does The Sanders Family Foundation give?
- The Sanders Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sanders Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Human Services (15%), Religion (12%).
- Who are The Sanders Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Big Oak Ranch Inc ($217k), The Restoration Academy ($165k), Birmingham School of Law Foundation ($142k).
- Does The Sanders Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sanders 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 The Sanders Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mike and Gillian Goodrich Foundation, Alabama Power Foundation Inc, The Maynard Nexsen Foundation.
- Where is The Sanders Family Foundation based?
- The Sanders Family Foundation is based in AL.
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