New York · Private foundation
The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $145k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $384k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $145k | 73% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $65k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $69k | 73% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $120k | 73% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $88k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $90k | 70% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $134k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $56k | 58% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Carver Inc | $68,825 | 3 | 1% |
| Wild Bear Nature Center | $66,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Wolf Conservation Center Inc | $65,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Young Musicians Unite Inc | $41,700 | 3 | 2% |
| Together We Rise | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Coalition for Fairness in SoHo and NoHo Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Nxt Art Foundation Inc | $26,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Only One Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York City Outward Bound Center Inc Dba NYC Outward Bound Schools | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Communal Fund · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The New York Community Trust · National Philanthropic Trust · Impactassetsinc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust
How this is measured
Compare The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc with peer funders
About The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc
- How much does The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc give?
- The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $144,790 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (16%), Philanthropy (13%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Carver Inc ($69k), Wild Bear Nature Center ($67k), Wolf Conservation Center Inc ($65k).
- Does The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc 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 Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc, The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc based?
- The Stephen M Sander Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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