Funding search · EIN 200954297 · New York, NY
The Stephen M Sander Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 53
- grants reported
- $469,341
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Wild Bear Nature Center4 grants · $74,000
- Aspen Community Foundation3 grants · $68,200
- Aspen Community Foundation Giving Network1 grant · $43,000
- Together We Rise1 grant · $40,000
- Nxt Art Foundation1 grant · $26,000
- Coalition for Fairness in Soho & Noho1 grant · $25,000
- Buckhorn Public Arts2 grants · $15,250
- Glo Good Foundation1 grant · $15,000
- Studio Slew2 grants · $15,000
- Feet Forward3 grants · $13,500
Giving over time
Grant history
All 53 reported grants, largest first.
- $43,000
Aspen Community Foundation Giving Network · Basalt, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $40,000
Together We Rise · Brea, CA · 2024
General purpose
- $34,000
Wild Bear Nature Center · Nederland, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $33,000
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $26,000
Nxt Art Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purpose
- $25,000
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Wild Bear Nature Center · Nederland, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $25,000
Coalition for Fairness in Soho & Noho · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $15,000
Glo Good Foundation · New York, NE · 2025
General purpose
- $12,500
Boulder Center for the Performing Arts · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $10,250
Buckhorn Public Arts · Aspen, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $10,200
Aspen Community Foundation · Basalt, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Aspen Institute Society of Fellows · Washington, DC · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Childrens Oncology Support Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
General purpose
- $10,000
Young Musicians Unite · Miami, FL · 2024
General purpose
- $10,000
Aspen Institue Society of Fellows · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Studio Slew · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $10,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $10,000
Young Musicians Unite · Miami, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $7,500
Wild Bear Nature Center · Nederland, CA · 2025
General purpose
- $7,500
Wild Bear Nature Center · Nederland, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $7,500
Feet Forward · Boulder, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
Aces · New Haven, CT · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Coalition for Fairness in Sohonoho · New York, NY · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Studio Slew · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
General purpose
- $5,000
Buckhorn Public Arts · Aspen, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Feet Forward · Boulder, NY · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Unc Health Foundation · Capital Hill, NC · 2023
General purpose
- $5,000
Anti-Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $5,000
There With Care · Boulder, CO · 2022
General pupose
- $3,200
Sophie'S Neighborhood · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $3,020
Aspen Hope Center · Basalt, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $3,000
The Green Vision · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $3,000
Community Foundation Boulder County · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $2,500
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $2,500
Jazz at Aspen Snowmass · Aspen, CO · 2024
General purpose
- $2,500
Aces · New Haven, CT · 2023
General purpose
- $2,500
Animal Nation · South Salem, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $2,500
Nyc Outward Bound Schools · Long Island City, NY · 2022
General purpose
- $2,000
Pan-Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2023
General purpose
- $1,551
Glo Good Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
- $1,000
Care With Me Foundation · Sparks, NV · 2025
General purpose
- $1,000
Susan G Komen for the Cure · Dallas, TX · 2025
General purpose
- $1,000
Feet Forward · Boulder, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Legacy Global Programs · Mesa, AZ · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Longmont Humane Society · Longmont, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Make a Wish Colorado · Greenwood Village, CO · 2023
General purpose
- $1,000
Boulder Mountain Fire Protection District-Station · Boulder, CO · 2022
General purpose
- $1,000
Pan Mass Challenge · Needham, MA · 2022
General purpose
- $520
Coloradogivesorg · Arvada, CO · 2025
General purpose
- $500
Uri Textiles Fashion Merchandising & Design · Kingston, RI · 2024
General purpose
- $500
Boulder Int'L Film Festival · Miami, FL · 2022
General purpose
- $100
Drala Mountain Center · Red Feather Lake, CO · 2022
General pupose
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