Washington, D.C. · Private foundation
The Sandler Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $179k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $339k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations The Sandler Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 6 | $179k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $87k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $70k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $283k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $103k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $515k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $49k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $310k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Good Fund | $510,000 | 5 | 23% |
| Fairvote | $395,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cancer Support Community | $194,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Vip Inc | $99,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Agawam Council | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mediators Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cannon Baller Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Roots of Development Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Good Fund | $510,000 | 5 | 23% |
| Fairvote | $395,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Cancer Support Community | $194,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Gates Philanthropy Partners | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Vip Inc | $99,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Agawam Council | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mediators Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cannon Baller Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Roots of Development Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Warrior-Scholar Project Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Olaf College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| No One Left Behind | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Suited for Change | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Georgetown University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $4,116 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jawonio Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bastion Community of Resilience | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mba Opens Doors Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc | $510 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Buddies International Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($147k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sandler Family 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.
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How this is measured
About The Sandler Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sandler Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Sandler Family Foundation Inc reported 6 grants totaling $178,626 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Sandler Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (32%), Public Benefit (25%), Health (13%).
- Who are The Sandler Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Global Good Fund ($510k), Fairvote ($395k), Cancer Support Community ($194k).
- Does The Sandler Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sandler Family 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 Sandler Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Sandler Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Sandler Family Foundation Inc is based in DC.
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