Florida · Private foundation
The Sansom 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.
- $271k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $119,955
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations The Sansom Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $271k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $191k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $281k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $171k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $436k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $287k | 22% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $212k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $763,940 | 5 | 0% |
| Broward House Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chimp Haven Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ | $100,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Art for Progress Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 13% |
| New York Historical Society | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Amsterdam Continuing Care Health System Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 3% |
| University of Mount Union | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $25,045 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $763,940 | 5 | 0% |
| Broward House Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Chimp Haven Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Wanamaker Organ | $100,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Art for Progress Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 13% |
| New York Historical Society | $42,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Amsterdam Continuing Care Health System Inc | $41,000 | 3 | 3% |
| University of Mount Union | $26,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delaware Art Museum Inc | $25,045 | 1 | 0% |
| The Barnes Foundation | $21,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Huntington Museum of Art Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | $19,545 | 2 | 0% |
| United Arts Council of Collier County Inc | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Museum of the City of New York | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($491k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sansom 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sansom Foundation Inc
- How much does The Sansom Foundation Inc give?
- The Sansom Foundation Inc reported 8 grants totaling $271,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sansom Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (53%), Arts & Culture (34%), Health (7%).
- Who are The Sansom Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nova Southeastern University Inc ($764k), Broward House Inc ($120k), Chimp Haven Inc ($105k).
- Does The Sansom Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sansom 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 Sansom Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Sansom Foundation Inc based?
- The Sansom Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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