Funding search · EIN 382638868 · Evanston, IL

John and Margaret Sagan Foundation

Name: John and Margaret Sagan 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.

154
grants reported: $591,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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.

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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.

Top recipients

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

Stanford University4 grants · $98,000
University of Wisconsin Law School4 grants · $64,000
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative4 grants · $60,000
Ohio Wesleyan University4 grants · $44,000
World Pediatric Project4 grants · $40,000
Millsaps College4 grants · $26,000
Lawrence University4 grants · $25,000
First United Methodist Church4 grants · $20,000
San Francisco Opera2 grants · $15,000
Thresholds4 grants · $14,000

Giving over time

$139,000

2022

$140,000

2023

$156,500

2024

$156,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 154 grants.

$30,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022
General purpose grant
$28,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2025
General purpose grant
$25,000
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$21,000
University of Wisconsin Law School · Madison, WI · 2024
General purpose grant
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2024
General purpose grant
$20,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2023
General purpose grant
$20,000
Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023
General purpose grant
$20,000
University of Wisconsin Law School · Madison, WI · 2023
General purpose grant
$20,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022
General purpose grant
$15,000
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$13,000
University of Wisconsin Law School · Madison, WI · 2022
General purpose grant
$10,000
University of Wisconsin Law School · Madison, WI · 2025
General purpose grant
$10,000
World Pediatric Project · Richmond, VA · 2025
General purpose grant
$10,000
World Pediatric Project · St Louis, MO · 2024
General purpose grant
$10,000
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative · Chardon, OH · 2023
General purpose grant
$10,000
World Pediatric Project · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purpose grant
$10,000
Friends of the Grenadines Initiative · Chardon, OH · 2022
General purpose grant
$10,000
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2022
General purpose grant
$10,000
World Pediatric Project · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purpose grant
$9,000
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2025
General purpose grant
$8,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General purpose grant
$7,500
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose grant
$7,500
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose grant
$7,000
Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson, WY · 2025
General purpose grant
$7,000
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2025
General purpose grant
$7,000
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2024
General purpose grant
$7,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose grant
$6,000
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2023
General purpose grant
$6,000
Millsaps College · Jackson, MS · 2022
General purpose grant
$5,000
First United Methodist Church · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$5,000
Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$5,000
Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General purpose grant
$5,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$5,000
First United Methodist Church · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$5,000
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$5,000
Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General purpose grant
$5,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$5,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose grant
$5,000
First United Methodist Church · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$5,000
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$5,000
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2023
General purpose grant
$5,000
First United Methodist Church · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$5,000
Youth Organization Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General purpose grant
$4,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant
$3,000
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$3,000
Cordley Elementary School · Lawrence, KS · 2025
General purpose grant
$3,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,500
Chicago Tech Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,500
Grand Teton Music Festival · Jackson, WY · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,500
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
General purpose grant
$2,500
Ploughshares Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2023
General purpose grant
$2,500
Chicago Tech Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$2,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Dap Health · Palm Springs, CA · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Evanston Round Table · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Jackson Hole Historical Society & Museum · Jackson, WY · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Kansas Public Radio · Lawrence, KS · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Salvation Army · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
South Asia Institute · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Springfield Area Food Shelf · Springfield, MN · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
The Taft School · Watertown, CT · 2025
General purpose grant
$2,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,000
Evanston Round Table · Evanston, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,000
Oceana · Washington, DC · 2024
General purpose grant
$2,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$2,000
Evanston Round Table · Evanston, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$2,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$2,000
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2022
General purpose grant
$2,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$2,000
Evanston Round Table · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$2,000
Thresholds · Chicago, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$1,500
Kansas Land Trust · Lawrence, KS · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,500
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose grant
$1,500
James B Moran Center for Youth Advocacy · Evanston, IL · 2022
General purpose grant
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Days for Girls International · Mount Vernon, WA · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Episcopal Charities · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Evanston Public Library · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
First United Methodist Church - Bundled Blessings · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Friends of Judson - Mi Talalli · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Gichigamlin Indian Museum · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Grace Institute · Portland, OR · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Institute of Therapy Through the Art · Oak Brook, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Literacy Works · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Springfield Community Theater · Springfield, MN · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
St Mark'S Episcopal Church · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Wbez · Navy Pier Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Wcmu Public Media · Mt Pleasant, MI · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Young Center for Immigrant Children'S Rights · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Youth & Opportunity United · Evanston, IL · 2025
General purpose grant
$1,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose grant
$1,000
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose grant
$1,000
Cordley Elementary School · Lawrence, KS · 2024
General purpose grant
$1,000
Dark Sky International · Tucson, AZ · 2024
General purpose grant
$1,000
Grace Institute · Portland, OR · 2024
General purpose grant
$1,000
Labelle Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose grant

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.