California · Private foundation
The Sato Fdn Separate Fund
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.
- $376k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $65,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations The Sato Fdn Separate Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 20 | $226k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $205k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $238k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $298k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $405k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kala Art Institute | $95,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Safari West Wildlife Foundation | $85,000 | 5 | 20% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Conservatory Theatre Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Voena | $55,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildcare | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kala Art Institute | $95,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Safari West Wildlife Foundation | $85,000 | 5 | 20% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| American Conservatory Theatre Foundation | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| California Academy of Sciences | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Voena | $55,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Marin General Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Denver Health and Hospitals Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wildcare | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $48,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Marin Performing Stars | $45,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Kqed Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Yerba Buena Center for the Arts | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arts Council Santa Cruz County | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Reno Philharmonic Association Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Nevada Museum of Art | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arts Benicia | $20,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Napa Valley Youth Symphony | $20,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Awaken INC | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Yosemite Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts Council Napa Valley | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Surf Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| San Francisco Symphony | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 10000 Degrees | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Save the Redwoods League | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($330k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sato Fdn Separate Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Sato Fdn Separate Fund
- How much does The Sato Fdn Separate Fund give?
- The Sato Fdn Separate Fund reported 23 grants totaling $376,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Sato Fdn Separate Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (30%), Philanthropy (23%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Sato Fdn Separate Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Kala Art Institute ($95k), Safari West Wildlife Foundation ($85k), The Marine Mammal Center ($80k).
- Does The Sato Fdn Separate Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sato Fdn Separate Fund 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 Sato Fdn Separate Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Marin Community Foundation.
- Where is The Sato Fdn Separate Fund based?
- The Sato Fdn Separate Fund is based in CA.
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