The Sapp Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation takes no unsolicited requests, and its filing says contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations, so a small charity should not send an application unless it has first been invited.
- If an invitation or existing relationship exists, a request in the typical band of $25,000 to $335,000 is the realistic range, with the median grant at $125,000, though its largest grant of $500,000 shows that band is not a ceiling.
- Its grants span universities, schools, food assistance and the arts, so work in those areas is the closest fit, and the filing states no geographic focus.
- Repeat giving is strong, with 100% of its grant dollars to organisations in its recent filing going to organisations it had funded in earlier filings, so this is a relationship-led funder and a cold first approach is unlikely to be the route in.
Overview
The Sapp Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in New York, NY.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The recorded grants have general purposes, without specifying a more particular use. Recipients include universities and university foundations, as well as a school, other foundations, a food bank and a theatre. The rows show giving to universities, schooling, food assistance and the arts, while some grants are recorded only as general support to a foundation. The filings describe a range of institutional recipients rather than a single recipient type. Taken together, the stated general purposes and named recipient types are the available account of what its grants support.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California and Colorado.
How to apply
The filing indicates that contributions are limited to preselected charitable organisations; it gives no route for organisations to request consideration.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 100% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 11 grants to organisations were $125,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 44% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 100% of grant dollars went to organisations The Sapp Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Stanford University Office of Development · General$500,0002024 tax year
- University of Colorado Foundation · General$335,0002024 tax year
- Share the Magic Foundation · General$25,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Shari M Sapp — Trustee
- Richard A Sapp — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $671,357 | $540,000 | $12,952,639 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $753,444 | $610,000 | $16,457,421 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,022,124 | $860,000 | $16,649,229 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- New York, NY