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Sandler Foundation

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$261.3M
in grants paid: 230
grants: 73
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

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.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$8.0M
Jewish Community Federation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Tikkun olam charitable fund
$7.0M
Reset Tech · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$6.0M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$4.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$4.0M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2024
State fiscal efforts and general support
$3.0M
All Voting Is Local · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$3.0M
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Program in breakthrough biomedical research (pbbr)
$3.0M
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$2.5M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Charitable projects
$2.0M
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Center for Responsible Lending · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$2.0M
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
States United Democracy Center Llc · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Fund for a Better Future · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Social welfare charitable projects
$1.5M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.5M
Shared Ascent Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
In support of the student borrower protection center
$1.0M
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
General support
$1.0M
American Oversight · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.0M
American Economic Liberties Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$1.0M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Clean energy and ira implementation
$800,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2024
General support
$750,000
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General support
$605,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Sandler asthma basic research center
$600,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2024
Charitable projects
$600,000
Vote Solar · Oakland, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Partnership for the future of learning
$500,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Tax law center
$500,000
Permit Power Education Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$500,000
Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable projects
$500,000
German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2024
Alliance for securing democracy
$500,000
Civil Rights Corp · Washington, DC · 2024
General support
$400,000
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2024
General support
$200,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Forest Knolls, CA · 2024
General support
$200,000
Wildcoast · Imperial Beach, CA · 2024
General support
$100,000
Marine Watch International · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of crema
$100,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable fund
$50,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Osher center for integrative medicine
$50,000
Jewish Community Federation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Charitable fund
$50,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Weill institute for neurosciences
$40,000
Consultative Group On Biological Diversity · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Programmatic grant
$5.5M
Luminate Projects Limited · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Reset project
$4.0M
Earthjustice · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Clean energy and general support
$3.0M
Center for American Progress · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$3.0M
Learning Policy Institute · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
General support
$3.0M
Center On Budget and Policy Priorities · Washington, DC · 2023
State fiscal efforts and general support
$3.0M
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Program in breakthrough biomedical research (pbbr)
$2.5M
Democracy Forward Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable projects
$2.0M
Washington Center for Equitable Growth · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Center for Responsible Lending · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Propublica · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2.0M
American Civil Liberties Union · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2.0M
Human Rights Watch · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$2.0M
All Voting Is Local · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.4M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable projects
$1.2M
Global Impact · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Charitable projects
$1.1M
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable projects
$1.0M
American Economic Liberties Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$1.0M
Campaign Legal Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$900,000
State Democracy Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charitable projects
$800,000
Center for Biological Diversity · Tuscon, AZ · 2023
General support
$750,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2023
Project fund
$750,000
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General support
$700,000
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Charitable projects
$700,000
Sierra Club Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Charitable projects
$700,000
Justfundus · Walnut, CA · 2023
General support
$700,000
New Virginia Majority Education Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General support
$700,000
Pico California · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$600,000
Vote Solar · Oakland, CA · 2023
General support
$600,000
Carolina Federation Fund · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$600,000
Arizona Center for Empowerment · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General support
$550,000
Red Wine and Blue Education Fund · Asheville, NC · 2023
General support
$550,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Sandler asthma basic research center
$500,000
German Marshall Fund of the United States · Washington, DC · 2023
Alliance for securing democracy
$500,000
New Florida Majority Education Fund · Miami, FL · 2023
General support
$500,000
Civil Rights Corp · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$500,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Tax law center
$500,000
State Power Fund · Youngstown, OH · 2023
Charitable projects
$400,000
New Georgia Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General support
$400,000
American Oversight · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$400,000
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$400,000
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund · San Antonio, TX · 2023
General support
$400,000
United for Respect Education Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$350,000
The Equity Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2023
General support
$300,000
The Capacity Shop · Alameda, CA · 2023
General support
$250,000
Truman Center for National Policy · District Heights, MD · 2023
General support
$250,000
Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Partnership for the future of learning
$210,000
Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2023
Workshop
$200,000
Wildcoast · Imperial Beach, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Turtle Island Restoration Network · Forest Knolls, CA · 2023
General support
$200,000
Grassroots Power Project · Berkeley, CA · 2023
General support
$125,000
Step Up Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General support
$100,000
The Management Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General support
$100,000
Wildaid · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Marine Watch International · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of crema
$100,000
Schwab Charitable Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Donor advised fund
$55,000
Consultative Group On Biological Diversity · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Programmatic grant
$50,000
University of California San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Osher center for integrative medicine

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Unlike private foundations, grantmaking charities and associations often run formal grant programs with real application cycles — check their website for current opportunities. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.