Minnesota · Private foundation
Thomas C and Lois L Sando 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.
- $241k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 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 | 17 | $238k | 35% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $233k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $80k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $73k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $94k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian College Fund | $163,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Carver County Historical Society | $150,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado West Regional Mental Health Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Xavier High School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian College Fund | $163,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Carver County Historical Society | $150,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $106,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Colorado West Regional Mental Health Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Xavier High School Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Desert Botanical Garden Inc | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Music Associates of Aspen Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Couse Foundation | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Snowmass Chapel & Community Center Inc | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youthentity | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Justice Mission | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Food Bank of the Rockies | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridging Bionics Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Thomas C and Lois L Sando 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.
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How this is measured
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About Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation
- How much does Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation give?
- Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $241,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (55%), Arts & Culture (22%), Health (11%).
- Who are Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: American Indian College Fund ($163k), Carver County Historical Society ($150k), Minnehaha Academy ($106k).
- Does Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Thomas C and Lois L Sando 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 Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation based?
- Thomas C and Lois L Sando Foundation is based in MN.
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