Funding search · EIN 650270066 · Boca Raton, FL

Lawrence a Sanders Foundation

Name: Lawrence a Sanders Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

245
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship creative writing between literacy promote sanders split

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

7 grants matching “split” · $130,000

$10,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Split between two funds - $5,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $5,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties7 grants · $233,500
Boca Helping Hands4 grants · $229,500
Salvation Army4 grants · $193,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County4 grants · $160,000
Martin County Council for the Arts4 grants · $160,000
First Book4 grants · $135,000
American Red Cross4 grants · $130,000
Reading Is Fundamental4 grants · $130,000
Hillsdale College3 grants · $115,000
Fau Foundation4 grants · $102,500

Giving over time

$855,500

2022

$837,525

2023

$923,500

2024

$963,650

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 245 grants.

$130,000
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$105,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$100,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Early Learning Program
$52,500
Salvation Army · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$52,000
Salvation Army · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$50,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Vocational Technical Fund, to assist with tuition for applicants who wish to attend trade school or technical school of any kind.
$50,000
Martin County Council for the Arts · Stuart, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$45,000
Salvation Army · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$43,500
Salvation Army · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County · Boynton Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County · Boynton Beach, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Martin County Council for the Arts · Stuart, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County · Boynton Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Martin County Council for the Arts · Stuart, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$40,000
Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County · Boynton Beach, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$37,500
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
American Red Cross · Sunrise, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
First Book · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
American Red Cross · Sunrise, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
First Book · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
American Red Cross · Sunrise, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
First Book · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$35,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$32,500
Fau Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$32,000
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$30,000
First Book · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$30,000
Martin County Council for the Arts · Stuart, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$30,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$30,000
Boca Helping Hands · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$30,000
Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
American Red Cross · Sunrise, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Fau Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Fau Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Matthew25 Ministries Network for Good · Blue Ash, OH · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
St Joan of Arc Care Ministries · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Ymca South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Matthew25 Ministries Network for Good · Blue Ash, OH · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$25,000
Ymca South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Our Father'S House · Pompano Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
St Joan of Arc Care Ministries · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Boca Raton Museum of Art · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2024
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
STEM Scholarship Fund
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Matthew25 Ministries Network for Good · Blue Ash, OH · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Our Father'S House · Pompano Beach, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Fau Foundation · Boca Raton, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Life Net 4 Families Coop Feeding Program · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Our Father'S House · Pompano Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Wounded Warriors Family Support · Omaha, NE · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$20,000
Life Net 4 Families Coop Feeding Program · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Our Father'S House · Pompano Beach, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
St Joan of Arc Care Ministries · Boca Raton, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$20,000
Wounded Warriors Family Support · Omaha, NE · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Adopt-a-Family of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Catholic Relief Services · Baltimore, MD · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Cros Ministries · Lake Worth, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Life Net 4 Families Coop Feeding Program · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Matthew25 Ministries Network for Good · Blue Ash, OH · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Palm Beach Drama Works · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Wounded Warriors Family Support · Omaha, NE · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Adopt-a-Family of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Cros Ministries · Lake Worth, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Palm Beach Drama Works · West Palm Beach, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
St Joan of Arc Care Ministries · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Tunnel To Towers · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Wounded Warriors Family Support · Omaha, NE · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Ymca South Palm Beach County · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Adopt-a-Family of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Cros Ministries · Lake Worth, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Palm Beach Drama Works · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Adopt-a-Family of Palm Beach · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Convoy of Hope · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Cros Ministries · Lake Worth, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Feeding South Florida · Pembroke Pines, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$15,000
Palm Beach Drama Works · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
4 Kids of South Florida · North Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Better Basics · South Birmingham, AL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Boysgirls Club of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Boysgirls Club of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Center for Family Svc of Palm Beach County · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Community Foundation of Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Split between two funds - $5,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $5,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy
$10,000
Convoy of Hope · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Farmworker Coordinating Council of Pb · Lake Worth, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach Foundation · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Reach Out and Read · Boston, MA · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
Ruth Rales Jewish Family Center · Boca Raton, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
St Jude Childrens' Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Contribution toward building fund
$10,000
The Lord'S Place · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
United Way Broward County · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations
$10,000
United Way Martin County · Stuart, FL · 2025
Unrestricted donations

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