Sander Foundation
Stowe, VT · EIN 20-2007940. Reported 56 grants totalling $2,162,471 to 53 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sander Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $500. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $7,800; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,847,013. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund | Cincinnati, OH | $1,847,013 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kvc Missouri | Kansas City, MO | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary | Naples, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Variety-the Childrens Charity | St Louis, MO | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Helpusadoptorg | New York, NY | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lift for Life Academy | St Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Circle | Saint James, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Louis Zoo Association | St Louis, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kentucky Tornato Relief Fund | Frankfort, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ladue Chapel | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Bonita Springs | Bonita Springs, FL | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lift for Life Gym | Saint Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Cup Dreams Foundation | Keene, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Accountability for Life | York, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | Saint Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haven House St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Habitat for Humanity | St Louis, MO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Andrews Charitable Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Louis Children's Hospital Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conservancy of Southwest Florida | Naples, FL | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Judicial Watch | Washington, DC | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assistance League of St Louis | Ellisville, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society | Sanibel Island, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Nature Conservancy in Missouri | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Parkinson Disease Assn | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bonita Bay Vets Council | Bonita Springs, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bonita Springs Concert Band | Bonita Springs, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Speach and Hearing | Saint Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disability Resource Assn | Festus, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Foodbank St Louis | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forest Park Forever Inc | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Smithsonian | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Burroughs School | Saint Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Multiple Sclerosis Society | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Operation Home Front | San Antonio, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Project Hope | Hagerstown, MD | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Hospital for Children | Memphis, TN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Haven of Grace | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Heritage Foundation | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Little Bit Foundation | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Warriors Refuge | West Columbia, TX | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings of Hope | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prison Fellowship | Merrifield, VA | $198 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Great Rivers Habitat Alliance | St Louis, MO | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wounded Warrior Project | Topeka, KS | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Parkinsons Disease Assn | Washington, DC | $110 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Cancer Society | Oklahoma City, OK | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Theta Not for Profit Corp | Saint Louis, MO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women's Connection Network | Chesterfield, MO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
3 of 53 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 6%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
DONOR ADVISED FUND PROGRAM - Kvc Missouri
PROVIDE HEALTHCARE, SOCIAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES - Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
SUPPORT THE MAINTENANCE OF AND RESEARCH IN THE SWAMP - Variety-the Childrens Charity
SUPPORT HELPING DISABLED CHILDREN - Helpusadoptorg
SUPPORT FOR ADOPTING PARENTS - Lift for Life Academy
SUPPORT THE SCHOOL FOR UNDERSERVED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 28 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | $141,498 | $250 |
| 2022 | 13 | $98,960 | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | $1,922,013 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 85% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sander Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 105 Depot Street 415, Stowe, VT, 05672. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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