Funding search · EIN 766227833 · Greenville, SC

The Sanders Family Foundation

Name: The Sanders Family 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.

44
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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

educational scholarship religious herty paladin professor campaign care

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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.

3 grants matching “caine” · $90,000

$40,000
Caine Halter Family Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - building a brighter tomorrow campaign
$40,000
Caine Halter Family Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$10,000
Caine Halter Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2023
General educational purpose

Top recipients

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

Christ Church Episcopal School4 grants · $245,000
Furman University4 grants · $216,986
South Carolina Historical Society3 grants · $165,000
Prisma Health-Upstateuniv of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville3 grants · $150,000
Community Foundation of Greenville1 grant · $100,000
United Ministries4 grants · $90,000
Caine Halter Family Ymca2 grants · $80,000
South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities4 grants · $70,000
Ymca of Greenville2 grants · $60,000
University of South Carolina Engineering College3 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$301,577

2022

$280,649

2023

$324,760

2024

$465,000

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$170,000
Christ Church Episcopal School · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - annual fund, daniel s. Sanders scholarship and celebration of reading program
$100,000
Community Foundation of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2025
Charitable purpose - heller heritage on the green
$94,760
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2024
Various educational purposes
$60,000
South Carolina Historical Society · Charleston, SC · 2022
General educational purpose
$56,577
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2022
Various educational purposes
$55,000
South Carolina Historical Society · Charleston, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$50,000
Prisma Health-Upstateuniv of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - sanders family scholarship (formerly paladin scholarship)
$50,000
Prisma Health-Upstateuniv of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2023
Health care purpose - paladin scholarship
$50,000
South Carolina Historical Society · Charleston, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$50,000
Prisma Health-Upstateuniv of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2022
Health care purpose - paladin scholarship
$40,649
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2023
Various educational purposes
$40,000
Caine Halter Family Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - building a brighter tomorrow campaign
$40,000
Caine Halter Family Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$40,000
Ymca of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2022
General educational purpose
$25,000
Furman University · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - marian strobel endowment fund for history
$25,000
Christ Church Episcopal School · Greenville, SC · 2024
Religious purposes - cavalier scholarship & annual fund
$25,000
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2024
General religious purpose
$25,000
Christ Church Episcopal School · Greenville, SC · 2023
General religious purpose
$25,000
Christ Church Episcopal School · Greenville, SC · 2022
General religious purpose
$25,000
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2022
General religious purpose
$20,000
South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities · Columbia, SC · 2025
General educational purpose
$20,000
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2025
General religious purpose
$20,000
South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities · Columbia, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$20,000
University of South Carolina Engineering College · Columbia, SC · 2024
Educational purpose - professor herty scholarship
$20,000
United Ministries · Greenville, SC · 2023
General religious purpose
$20,000
University of South Carolina Engineering College · Columbia, SC · 2023
Educational purpose - professor herty scholarship
$20,000
Ymca of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$20,000
South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities · Columbia, SC · 2022
General educational purpose
$20,000
University of South Carolina Educational Foundation · Columbia, SC · 2022
General educational purpose
$15,000
Humane Society of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2024
General charitable purpose
$10,000
Humane Society of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2025
General charitable purpose
$10,000
University of South Carolina Engineering College · Columbia, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - professor herty scholarship
$10,000
Upcountry History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2025
General educational purpose
$10,000
Ymca of Greenville (Verdae Ymca) · Greenville, SC · 2025
Educational purpose - you are y annual campaign
$10,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024
General educational purpose
$10,000
Upcountry History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$10,000
Ymca of Greenville (Verdae Ymca) · Greenville, SC · 2024
General educational purpose
$10,000
Caine Halter Ymca · Greenville, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$10,000
Eastside Family Ymca · Taylors, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$10,000
Humane Society of Greenville · Greenville, SC · 2023
General charitable purpose
$10,000
South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities · Columbia, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$10,000
Upcountry History Museum · Greenville, SC · 2023
General educational purpose
$5,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2023
General educational purpose
$5,000
University of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
General educational purpose

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