South Carolina · 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.
- $465k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $170,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 18% of the organizations The Sanders Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 10 | $365k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $325k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $281k | 31% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $302k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $290k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $297k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $341k | 20% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furman University | $630,247 | 9 | 0% |
| Christ Church Episcopal School | $490,000 | 9 | 0% |
| The South Carolina Historical Society | $447,000 | 8 | 6% |
| YMCA of Greenville | $260,000 | 7 | 0% |
| United Ministries | $100,000 | 6 | 1% |
| South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities | $90,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Upcountry History Museum | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Wake Forest University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of South Carolina Educational Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greenville County Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($711k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sanders Family Foundation 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: Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · Charles Timmons Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Yeargin Foundation · Spinks Family Foundation · Jean T and Heyward G Pelham Foundation · Hollingsworth Funds Inc · The Maddrey Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Dabo's All in Team Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Sanders Family Foundation
- How much does The Sanders Family Foundation give?
- The Sanders Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $465,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 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 (58%), Arts & Culture (16%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Sanders Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Furman University ($630k), Christ Church Episcopal School ($490k), The South Carolina Historical Society ($447k).
- Does The Sanders Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 18% 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 Bill and Connie Timmons Foundation, Daniel-Mickel Foundation, Charles Timmons Foundation.
- Where is The Sanders Family Foundation based?
- The Sanders Family Foundation is based in SC.
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