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The Sano Foundation at a glance

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The Sano 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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$102kPhilanthropy$84kFood & Nutrition$62kEducation$34kYouth Development$25kHuman Services$24kInternational$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$475k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Judes Childrens Research Hospital$50,000
SHARE Africa$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Good Sumaritan Ministries: $3k → 8%BRIAN LONG MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 7%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $5k → 14%United Hospice of Rockland: $5k → 14%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $4k → 14%UNITED HOSPICE OF ROCKLAND: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
OR
NJ
CT
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$256k · 12 repeat orgs$134k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
36

Total granted

$256k
$134k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+3%

Still filing today

83%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $60k · revenue +10%
  • AS
    ACCESS SUPPORTS FOR LIVING FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $37k · revenue +231%
  • OT
    One to One Learning Inc
    3× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • N
    NECO
    one grant, 2017 · $35k
  • LF
    LEONIDAS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue -21%
  • SG
    SINEAD'S GREEN HEART FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -99%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
2
University of Mount Saint Vincent

Founded by the sisters of charity of new york, the university of mount saint vincent is an academically excellent, authentically inclusive, catholic and ecumenical liberal arts university. (cont. in sch.o)

Education
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
5
St Francis College

St. francis college is an independent, coeducational institution of higher education chartered by an act of the regents of the university of the state of new york on april 10, 1957.

Education
6
St Catherine of Siena Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
7
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
8
St Charles Hospital Corp

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
9
Chs Physician Partners Pc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
10
St Francis Research & Educational Corporation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christs healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
11
St Joseph's Medical Pc

We, st. joseph's medical and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. joseph's medical is a member of st. joseph's health and trinity health.

Health
12
Catholic Health System of Long Island

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Brian Long Memorial Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 49 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
16/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NECO: $35,000 · OtherNECOOne to One Learning Inc: $17,500 · OtherOne to One Learning IncGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,865 · OtherGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONNEW CITY FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO 1: $7,500 · OtherNEW CITY FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO 1AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $6,350 · OtherITALIAN OPEN SCHOLARSHIP GOLF CLASSIC: $5,000 · OtherST ANTHONY'S PARISH: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherThe Salvation Army USA: $5,000 · OtherECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Other+21 more: $23,850 · Other+21 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S…+4 more: $2,900 · HealthST FRANCIS FOOD PANTRIES AND SHELTERS INC: $61,500 · Food & NutritionST FRANCIS FOOD P…ACCESS SUPPORTS FOR LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 · PhilanthropyACCESS SUPP…THE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 · PhilanthropyTHE MIRASOL…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyBROOKLYN TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 · EducationBROOKLYN TE…WELLES REMY CROWTHER CHARITABLE TRUST: $10,000 · EducationWELLES REMY…ST THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationST THOMAS A…THE CREATOR SHARE CHARITY: $15,000 · Public BenefitTHE CREATOR…LEONIDAS FOUNDATION: $13,000 · Public BenefitLEONIDAS FO…SINEAD'S GREEN HEART FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitSINEAD'S GR…UNITED HOSPICE INC: $15,450 · Human ServicesGood Samaritan Ministries: $2,940 · Human ServicesBRIAN LONG MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$131,065Health$62,900Food & Nutrition$61,500Philanthropy$40,250Education$38,000Public Benefit$38,000Human Services$19,390

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACCESS SUPPORTS FOR LIVING FOUNDATION INC: $36,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetBROOKLYN TECH ALUMNI FOUNDATION INC: $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOne to One Learning Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15,865 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED HOSPICE INC: $15,450 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CREATOR SHARE CHARITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLEONIDAS FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetSINEAD'S GREEN HEART FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetWELLES REMY CROWTHER CHARITABLE TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetNEW CITY FIRE ENGINE COMPANY NO 1: $7,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetST THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGood Samaritan Ministries: $2,940 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MIRASOL FOUNDATION INC: $2,750 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBERGEN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKLAND COUNTRY CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATSKILL ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLAY FOR PINK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROCKLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHAPEL HAVEN SCHLEIFER CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Webster Bank Charitab…Ibm International Fou…Jewish Communal FundTd Charitable Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationThe Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
Webster Bank Charitable FoundationDE17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Webster Bank Charitable Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Td Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Sano Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sano Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Chapel Haven Schleifer Center Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Bergen Performing Arts Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 49 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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