Funding search · EIN 954799040 · Santa Monica, CA

Richard and Ellen Sandler Family

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

54
grants reported
$714,143
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Top recipients

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  • UCLA Foundation2 grants · $102,120
  • Jewish Federations of North America2 grants · $100,200
  • Prostate Cancer Foundation1 grant · $100,000
  • Ikar2 grants · $86,000
  • Milken Community High School2 grants · $65,000
  • Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation2 grants · $35,704
  • Los Angeles Philharmonic Association1 grant · $25,000
  • Uc Berkeley Foundation2 grants · $21,750
  • Sinai Temple2 grants · $20,750
  • Valley Beth Shalom2 grants · $19,540

Giving over time

$202,166
2022
$391,472
2023
$120,505
2024

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

  • $100,000

    Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $100,000

    Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $55,000

    Milken Community High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $54,620

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $50,000

    Ikar · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $47,500

    UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $36,000

    Ikar · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $25,000

    Los Angeles Philharmonic Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $20,750

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $18,347

    Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $17,357

    Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $15,000

    Los Angeles Ballet · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $11,445

    Sinai Temple · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $10,540

    Valley Beth Shalom · Encino, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $10,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $10,000

    Skirball Cultural Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $10,000

    The Washington Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $10,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $10,000

    Milken Community High School · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $9,305

    Sinai Temple · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $9,000

    Valley Beth Shalom · Encino, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $6,000

    Opendor Media · Sunrise, FL · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $6,000

    Jewish Graduate Student Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $6,000

    Scga Junior Golf Foundation · Studio City, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    Friends of Elnet · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    Friends of Elnet · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    Jewish Graduate Student Initiative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    Scga Junior Golf Foundation · Studio City, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    Jewish Social Response · Las Vegas, NV · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $5,000

    The Harold & Carole Pump Foundation · Sherman Oaks, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $3,600

    Aleph Institute · Miami, FL · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $2,500

    The Washington Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $2,500

    Hillel at UCLA · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Beit T'Shuvah · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Bureau of Jewish Education · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Mizel Institute · Denver, CO · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,800

    Pico Union Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,500

    American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $1,200

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    National Ms Society · New York, NY · 2024

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Lawfare Project · New York, NY · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Brent Shapiro Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Forwords Literacy Lab · San Rafael, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Jewish Agency for Israel · New York, NY · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Moving Traditions · Elkins Park, PA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $1,000

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $500

    Angel City Sports · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $350

    Women'S Guild Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

  • $200

    Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023

    General public benefit

  • $129

    Pbs Socal · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General public benefit

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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.