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 20222025. 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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  • 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

$122,800
2022
$103,700
2023
$98,051
2024
$144,790
2025

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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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.