Florida · Private foundation
The Saunders Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $470k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 30
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 5% of the organizations The Saunders Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 21 | $465k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $647k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $591k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $688k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $692k | 18% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $723k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $683k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $747k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Tampa Incorporated | $1,160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Tampa Bay History Center | $505,000 | 6 | 4% |
| Museum of Science & Industry Inc | $228,700 | 2 | 3% |
| Champions for Children Inc | $182,500 | 8 | 0% |
| OASIS Network of New Tampa Inc | $176,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Tampa Museum of Art Inc | $155,000 | 3 | 2% |
| The Florida Orchestra | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tampa General Hospital Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($786k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Saunders 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: Debartolo Family Foundation Inc · Vinik Family Foundation · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida Foundation · Frank E Duckwall Foundation · The Spurlino Foundation · Rays Baseball Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · The Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring Inc · New York Yankees Tampa Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Saunders Foundation
- How much does The Saunders Foundation give?
- The Saunders Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $470,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 30 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Saunders Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (31%), Arts & Culture (24%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are The Saunders Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The University of Tampa Incorporated ($1.2M), The Tampa Bay History Center ($505k), Museum of Science & Industry Inc ($229k).
- Does The Saunders Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Saunders Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Saunders Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Debartolo Family Foundation Inc, Vinik Family Foundation, Suncoast Credit Union Foundation.
- Where is The Saunders Foundation based?
- The Saunders Foundation is based in FL.
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