The Selander Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation makes contributions only to organisations it has preselected and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is not the route in, and the filing gives no way to approach it directly; it appears relationship-led.
- Its grants are mostly modest: half of its 21 grants to organisations were $185,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $5,000 and $400,000.
- That range is typical rather than a limit, since its largest grant was about $4,500,000, so any invited request should be sized with that in mind.
- About 23% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in the prior year's filing, so existing recipients make up a real share of its giving.
- No geographic focus is stated, and its filings describe social, educational and health purposes without setting out an eligible applicant class, so whether your work fits cannot be judged from the filing alone.
Overview
The Selander Foundation is a US private foundation based in Greenwich, CT.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (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 available filing record describes grants under social, educational and health purposes. Recipients include social-service charities, health organisations, universities and other educational organisations, a museum, a food bank and a community meal service. The grants therefore reach a varied set of public charities rather than a single documented type of organisation. The filings do not state a broader field of interest, an eligible applicant class, a geographic limit or a grantmaking approach beyond recording these distributions; nor do they explain how recipients are selected.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in New York, Florida and Connecticut.
How to apply
The foundation makes contributions only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2023 filing, 23% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022 and TY2023 filings, half of its 21 grants to organisations were $185,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2023.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 41% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2023, 23% of grant dollars went to organisations The Selander Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 41% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 8 grants in tax year 2023 by size
Median $243k (tax year 2023)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Cornell University · Educational purposes$3,894,6872023 tax year
- Doctors Without Borders · Health purposes$400,0002023 tax year
- Promises 2 Kids · Social purposes$300,0002023 tax year
- Americares · Health purposes$300,0002023 tax year
- Family Centers · Social purposes$185,0002023 tax year
- Connecticut Food Bank · Health purposes$10,0002023 tax year
- Meals on Wheels · Social purposes$10,0002023 tax year
- Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich · Social purposes$2,5002023 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kari Selander — Trustee / As Required
- Colleen Selander — Trustee / As Required
- Jessica Anne Lundgren — Trustee / As Required
- Tracey Kay Lundgren — Trustee / As Required
- Russell Selander — Trustee / As Required
- Crosby Selander — Trustee / As Required
- Nancy Cross Selander — President / As Required
- Robert W Selander — Chairman / As Required
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
2 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $5,978,873 | $5,911,980 | $44,193,520 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,201,193 | $5,102,187 | $42,748,689 | Filing for 2023 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
Registers and filings
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Contact
- Greenwich, CT