· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k7 grants · $151k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $120k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $119,955 |
| University of Mount Union | $26,000 |
| Delaware Art Museum | $25,045 |
| The Metropolitan Opera | $25,000 |
| GLSEN Collier County Chapter Florida | $25,000 |
| Music Foundation of Greater Naples | $20,000 |
| Chimp Haven | $15,000 |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 15% of The Sansom Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
Nova Southeastern University Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $764k · revenue +37%- BHBROWARD HOUSE INC6× · 2017–2023 · $120k · revenue +31%
CHIMP HAVEN INC7× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +189%
Funded once
- NANSU Art MuseumFort Lauderdaleone grant, 2018 · $161k
- MOMUSEUM OF ARTFT LAUDERDALEone grant, 2017 · $63k
- TBTHE BARNES FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $21k · revenue -3%
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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 23 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗
- Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
- Who funds BROWARD HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds CHIMP HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE WANAMAKER ORGAN ↗
- Who funds ART FOR PROGRESS INC ↗
- Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
- Who funds AMSTERDAM CONTINUING CARE HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
- Who funds University of Mount Union ↗
- Who funds DELAWARE ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNITED ARTS COUNCIL OF COLLIER COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Sansom Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sansom Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
- Broward House Inc: 5% of income from government
- Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
How this is measured
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