Illinois · Private foundation
The Sassafras Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $24k
- Granted FY2023
- 14
- Grants FY2023
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 71% of the organizations The Sassafras Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 14 | $24k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $5k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $4k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $370 | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $625 | 100% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lend A Hand Across America PF | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Selfhelp Home Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc | $620 | 2 | 0% |
| James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Absr Community Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Foothills Land Trust | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lend A Hand Across America PF | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Selfhelp Home Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Concern Worldwide (Us) Inc | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| Shirley Heinze Land Trust Inc | $620 | 2 | 0% |
| James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| Shriver Center on Poverty Law | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Absr Community Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Desert Foothills Land Trust | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| J Street | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wild at Heart Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Parks Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Window to the World Communications Inc | $220 | 1 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $152 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts | $125 | 1 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $105 | 1 | 0% |
| Arizona Opera Company | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $10 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sassafras 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: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sassafras Foundation
- How much does The Sassafras Foundation give?
- The Sassafras Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $24,357 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Sassafras Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are International (42%), Environment (27%), Food & Nutrition (7%).
- Who are The Sassafras Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Lend A Hand Across America PF ($18k), The Selfhelp Home Inc ($3k), Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc ($1k).
- Does The Sassafras Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sassafras 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 Sassafras Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Sassafras Foundation based?
- The Sassafras Foundation is based in IL.
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