Funding search · EIN 911194492 · Mercer Island, WA

The Sanford Foundation

Name: The Sanford Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

183
grants reported: $285,285
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

public broadcasting education environmental protection library radio

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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.

Promusica Foundation2 grants · $50,000
World Central Kitchen4 grants · $16,000
Oregon Contemporary Theater4 grants · $14,000
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation6 grants · $13,400
Square One Villages4 grants · $13,000
Stove Team International6 grants · $11,500
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $10,000
Orchestra Next4 grants · $10,000
Elaw4 grants · $9,500
The Alliance of Idaho4 grants · $8,000

Giving over time

$83,545

2021

$58,655

2022

$95,185

2023

$47,900

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 183 grants.

$30,000
Promusica Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$20,000
Promusica Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
charity
$8,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Charity
$6,000
Orchestra Next · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$6,000
Square One Villages · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$6,000
Stove Team International · Portland, OR · 2021
charity
$5,025
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Oregon Contemporary Theater · Eugene, OR · 2024
Charity
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Oregon Contemporary Theater · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$5,000
Square One Villages · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$5,000
The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2023
Charity
$5,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
charity
$5,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
charity
$4,800
Center for Nonprofit Law · Eugene, OR · 2024
Charity
$4,000
Elaw · Eugene, OR · 2022
Environmental protection
$4,000
Voices Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Charity
$4,000
Elaw · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$3,250
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$3,000
Orchestra Next · Eugene, OR · 2024
charity
$3,000
St Vincent De Paul · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$3,000
Stove Team International · Portland, OR · 2022
Charity
$3,000
Whitebird Clinic Cahoots · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$3,000
El Porvenir · Broomfield, CO · 2021
charity
$3,000
Klcc · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$3,000
Planned Parenthood · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$3,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2021
charity
$2,500
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024
charity
$2,375
Eugene Southtowne Rotary Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$2,000
Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2024
Charity
$2,000
Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$2,000
Oregon Contemporary Theater · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$2,000
Square One Villages · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$2,000
The Eugene Mission · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$2,000
Al Otro Lado · San Ysidro, CA · 2021
charity
$2,000
Casita Copan · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
charity
$2,000
Clean Air Task Fund · Boston, MA · 2021
charity
$2,000
Dental Care for Children · Irvine, CA · 2021
charity
$2,000
Jefferson Public Radio · Ashland, OR · 2021
charity
$2,000
Oregon Contemporary Theater · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$2,000
Ugandan Water Project · Lima, NY · 2021
charity
$2,000
Union of Concerned Scientists · Cambridge, MA · 2021
charity
$2,000
Voices Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
charity
$2,000
Whitebird Clinic Cahoots · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$2,000
Whitman College Alumni Fund · Walla Walla, WA · 2021
charity
$1,900
Friends of Sawtooth Avalanch Center · Sun Valley, ID · 2022
Charity
$1,800
Outfitters 4 Hope · Eagle, ID · 2021
charity
$1,700
The Hunger Coalition · Bellevue, ID · 2022
Charity
$1,500
Klcc · Eugene, OR · 2024
Charity
$1,500
Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2024
public broadcasting
$1,500
McKenzie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,500
Sun Valley Music Festival · Ketchum, ID · 2023
Charity
$1,500
El Porvenir · Broomfield, CO · 2022
Charity
$1,500
Mt Pisgah Arboretum · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$1,500
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2021
charity
$1,250
Sun Valley Music Festival · Sun Valley, ID · 2021
charity
$1,020
International Womens Forum of Idaho · Boise, ID · 2024
charity
$1,000
Public Citizen · Washington, DC · 2024
Charity
$1,000
The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2024
Charity
$1,000
Whitman College Alumni Fund · Walla Walla, WA · 2024
Education
$1,000
Casita Copan · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Charity
$1,000
El Porvenir · Broomfield, CO · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Elaw · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Eugene Ballet · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Kind · Washington, DC · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Mt Pisgah Arboretum · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$1,000
Next Step Recycling · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Orchestra Next · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$1,000
Oregon Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2023
public broadcasting
$1,000
Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and Mississippi · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Stove Team International · Portland, OR · 2023
charity
$1,000
Stove Team International · Portland, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2023
Charity
$1,000
The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2023
Charity
$1,000
The Eugene Mission · Eugene, OR · 2023
charity
$1,000
Voices Project White Helmets · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Whitebird Clinic Cahoots · Eugene, OR · 2023
Charity
$1,000
Whitman College Alumni Fund · Walla Walla, WA · 2023
Education
$1,000
Al Otro Lado · San Ysidro, CA · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Casita Copan · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Charity
$1,000
In a Landscape · Portland, OR · 2022
Charity
$1,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Jefferson Public Radio · Ashland, OR · 2022
Public radio
$1,000
Klcc · Eugene, OR · 2022
Public Broadcasting
$1,000
Mt Pisgah Arboretum · Eugene, OR · 2022
environmental protection
$1,000
Nightingale Hostel Shelter · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Or Public Broadcasting · Portland, OR · 2022
Public broadcasting
$1,000
Planned Parenthood · Eugene, OR · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Surfrider Foundation · San Clemente, CA · 2022
Environmental protection
$1,000
The Alliance of Idaho · Bellevue, ID · 2022
Charity
$1,000
The Community Library · Ketchum, ID · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Ugandan Water Project · Lima, NY · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Water for Life for Schools · White Bear Lake, MN · 2022
Charity
$1,000
Whitman College Alumni Fund · Walla Walla, WA · 2022
Education
$1,000
Enrironmental Resource Center · Ketchum, ID · 2021
charity
$1,000
Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$1,000
Idaho Conservation League · Boise, ID · 2021
charity
$1,000
McKenzie River Trust · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity
$1,000
Next Step Recycling · Eugene, OR · 2021
charity

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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.