Connecticut · Private foundation
The Selander Foundation
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.
- $5.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,894,687
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations The Selander 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; $27k 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 | 8 | $5.1M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $2.1M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | $3,894,687 | 1 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $1,050,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $900,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Family Centers Inc | $803,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $550,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bruce Museum Inc | $530,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Neighbor to Neighbor Inc | $505,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Helen Woodward Animal Center | $400,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Children's Hospital Los Angeles | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($96k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Selander 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: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · The Parker Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About The Selander Foundation
- How much does The Selander Foundation give?
- The Selander Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $5,102,187 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Selander Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Education (26%), International (14%).
- Who are The Selander Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Cornell University ($3.9M), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($1.2M), Americares Foundation Inc ($1.1M).
- Does The Selander Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Selander 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 Selander Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Conrad Prebys Foundation, The San Diego Foundation, The Parker Foundation.
- Where is The Selander Foundation based?
- The Selander Foundation is based in CT.
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