Funding search · EIN 386041518 · Brighton, MI

Sage Foundation

Name: Sage 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.

298
grants reported: $7.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $12,000
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 religious music scholarships film scholarship public band

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Window To the World Communications10 grants · $942,500
Hillsdale College3 grants · $600,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association5 grants · $450,000
Joffrey Ballet6 grants · $440,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra7 grants · $375,000
Lenawee Chamber Foundation4 grants · $325,000
Ravinia Festival4 grants · $280,000
Sand Lake Volunteer Fire Department2 grants · $145,000
Marian Catholic High School4 grants · $140,000
Kartemquin Educational Films3 grants · $135,000

Giving over time

$1.9M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$1.9M

2024

$1.6M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 298 grants.

$200,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational - Choral Scholars Program Scholarships
$200,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Choral Scholars Program Scholarships
$200,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Choral Scholars Program Scholarships
$175,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival film
$150,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Island Without Cars/Hydra
$150,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Island Without Cars/Hydra
$125,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$125,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$125,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable - Sempre Always capital campaign
$125,000
Sand Lake Volunteer Fire Department · Tipton, MI · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Tanker and rescue vehicles
$125,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$120,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$120,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$100,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational - Live Music Program
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Live Music Program
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Live Music Program
$100,000
Lenawee Chamber Foundation · Adrian, MI · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$100,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$100,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Live Music Program
$100,000
Lenawee Chamber Foundation · Adrian, MI · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$95,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational - Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival film
$87,500
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$75,000
Adrian College · Adrian, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Music Program (Steinway Piano)
$75,000
Lenawee Chamber Foundation · Adrian, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$75,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational -Gene Siskel Film Center
$75,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$60,000
Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Stories & Pictures By Film
$60,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Island Without Cars
$52,500
Afterimage Public Media · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Lenawee Chamber Foundation · Adrian, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Barenboim-Said Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Education In America film
$50,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$50,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable - Department of Psychiatry
$50,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$40,000
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$37,000
Tipton Community Congregational Church · Tipton, MI · 2022
General, charitable, religious - Standby Generator
$35,000
Marian Catholic High School · Chicago Heights, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational & religious - Scholarship Fund
$35,000
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$35,000
Marian Catholic High School · Chicago Heights, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Scholarship Fund
$35,000
Marian Catholic High School · Chicago Heights, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Scholarship Fund
$35,000
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$35,000
Marian Catholic High School · Chicago Heights, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Scholarship Fund
$30,000
Big Shoulders Fund · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational, religious
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee · Adrian, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Cedille Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Community Tv Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
District 64 Band and Orchestra Parents Association - Lincoln Middle School · Park Ridge, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lenawee County · Adrian, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational - Winning Works Documentary Films
$25,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational - Scholarships
$25,000
San Diego Symphony Orchestra · San Diego, CA · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Shedd Aquarium Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
The Croswell · Adrian, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee · Adrian, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Cedille Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Documentary film on education
$25,000
Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Community Tv Network · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Habitat for Humanity of Lenawee County · Adrian, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Hope Community Center · Adrian, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Scholarships
$25,000
San Diego Symphony Orchestra · San Diego, CA · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Cedille Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Community Tv Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Hope Community Center · Adrian, MI · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Kartemquin Educational Films · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational - Education in America film
$25,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable - Sempre Always capital campaign
$25,000
Purple Rose Theatre Company · Chelsea, MI · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Ravinia Festival · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Shedd Aquarium Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Alphonsus Academy & Center for the Arts · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Luminary Program
$25,000
Boys & Girls Club of Lenawee · Adrian, MI · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Cedille Chicago Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Community Tv Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Grant Park Orchestral Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Orchestral Association Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$25,000
Providence St Mel School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational - Tuition Scholarship program
$25,000
Shedd Aquarium Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$22,500
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2022
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired · Winnetka, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Misericordia Heart of Mercy · Chicago, IL · 2025
General, charitable, educational & religious
$20,000
The College Funduncf · Detroit, MI · 2025
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Lifeline Pilots · Peoria, IL · 2024
General, charitable, educational
$20,000
Sand Lake Volunteer Fire Department · Tipton, MI · 2024
General, charitable, educational - Self-Contained Breathing Equipment

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