Funders › CA › Sandler Foundation › 2018
Grants paid by Sandler Foundation, tax year 2018
EIN 94-3147856 · San Francisco, CA · Form 990, Schedule I · NTEE T900
In tax year 2018, Sandler Foundation (EIN 94-3147856) reported 88 grants paid totaling $61,418,742. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2018
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $3,531,010 | paid | GLIOBLASTOMA PRECISION MEDICINE PROGRAM | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $3,000,000 | paid | PROGRAM IN BREAKTHROUGH BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (PBBR) | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center On Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, DC | A | $2,300,000 | paid | STATE FISCAL EFFORTS | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Earthjustice San Francisco, CA | A | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for American Progress Washington, DC | A | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | American Civil Liberties Union New York, NY | A | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center On Budget and Policy Priorities Washington, DC | A | $2,000,000 | paid | STATE FISCAL EFFORTS AND GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for American Progress Washington, DC | A | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $2,000,000 | paid | NEUROSCIENCES BUILDING INITIATIVE | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Oceana Inc Washington, DC | A | $2,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Human Rights Watch New York, NY | A | $1,750,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Learning Policy Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for Responsible Lending Durham, NC | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Leadership Conference Education Fund Washington, DC | A | $1,500,000 | paid | VOTING WORK | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Learning Policy Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for Responsible Lending Durham, NC | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Democracy Forward Foundation Washington, DC | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Democracy Forward Foundation Washington, DC | A | $1,500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Campaign Legal Center Washington, DC | A | $1,250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $1,100,000 | paid | SANDLER ASTHMA BASIC RESEARCH CENTER | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Propublica New York, NY | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Propublica New York, NY | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Propublica New York, NY | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Washington, DC | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Leadership Conference Education Fund Washington, DC | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Human Rights Watch New York, NY | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Washington, DC | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Learning Policy Institute Palo Alto, CA | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Washington, DC | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Pico National Network Oakland, CA | A | $1,000,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | International Community Foundation National City, CA | A | $900,000 | paid | DONOR ADVISED FUND PURPOSES | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for Biological Diversity Tucson, AZ | A | $800,000 | paid | CLIMATE AND OCEAN WORK | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Vote Solar Oakland, CA | A | $750,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Sierra Club Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $500,000 | paid | BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Vote Solar Oakland, CA | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Urban Institute Washington, DC | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Mdrc New York, NY | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Indivisible Civic Engagement Inc Washington, DC | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Washington, DC | A | $500,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Sierra Club Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $500,000 | paid | PROGRAM SUPPORT FUND | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | New Venture Fund Washington, DC | A | $500,000 | paid | DEMAND JUSTICE | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Center for Community Change Washington, DC | A | $400,000 | paid | IMMIGRATION WORK | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Cleveland, OH | A | $400,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $374,609 | paid | NEXT GEN PRECISION MEDICINE DIAGNOSTICS | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Truman Center for National Policy Washington, DC | A | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Wildcoast Imperial Beach, CA | A | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Truman Center for National Policy Washington, DC | A | $300,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Indivisible Civic Engagement Inc Washington, DC | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Cleveland, OH | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Turtle Island Restoration Network Forest Knolls, CA | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | American Oversight Washington, DC | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Tides Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $250,000 | paid | INDIVISIBLE FUND | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Campaign Legal Center Washington, DC | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Oceana Inc Washington, DC | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | American Oversight Washington, DC | A | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | German Marshall Fund of the United States Washington, DC | U | $250,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $250,000 | paid | CENTER FOR EQUITABLE GROWTH | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Wildaid Inc San Francisco, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Island Conservation Santa Cruz, CA | A | $200,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $155,000 | paid | ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR THE ASTHMA RESEARCH PROGRAM | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Oregon Health and Science University Portland, OR | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Children's Hospital Boston Boston, MA | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of California San Francisco San Francisco, CA | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | A | $150,000 | paid | ASTHMA NATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM RESEARCH AWARD | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | The Management Center Washington, DC | A | $150,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $125,000 | paid | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROGRAM FELLOWSHIPS | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | J Street Education Fund Inc Washington, DC | A | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | J Street Education Fund Inc Washington, DC | A | $100,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation Melbourne, FL | A | $100,000 | paid | IN SUPPORT OF CREMA | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Schwab Charitable Fund San Francisco, CA | A | $100,000 | paid | DONOR ADVISED FUND | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Consultative Group On Biological Diversity San Francsisco, CA | A | $51,500 | paid | GULF OF CALIFORNIA FUNDERS GROUP/GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CA | A | $50,000 | paid | INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROGRAM | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | That Man May See Inc San Francisco, CA | A | $50,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Jewish Community Federation San Francisco, CA | A | $50,000 | paid | DONOR ADVISED FUND | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $40,236 | paid | NEUROSCIENCES INITIATIVE BUILDING CAMPAIGN | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | A | $31,375 | paid | CLINICAL EXCELLENCE RESEARCH CENTER | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Protect Our Defenders Foundation Mclean, VA | A | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA | A | $25,000 | paid | ROGER WILKINS LECTURE FUND | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | The City College Fund New York, NY | A | $25,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA | A | $11,308 | paid | UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Compassion and Choices Etna, NH | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | Boston Critic Inc Cambridge, MA | A | $10,000 | paid | GENERAL SUPPORT | 201901339349302285 |
| 2018 | University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CA | A | $3,704 | paid | INSTITUTE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES | 201901339349302285 |
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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Derived from IRS Form 990 e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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