Sall Family Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 58-2016050 · since 1992sallfamily.org·Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, New York, Virginia·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$35.8M

Annual giving, 2024 tax year

From the Form 990-PF filing

$25,000 to $700k

Grant range

From grants in the 990-PF filings

$125k

Typical grant (median)

79 grants in the latest filing

Invitation only

Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.

Key takeaways

Sall Family Foundation's stated themes are environment, global public health and poverty reduction, and it works through locally led civil society organisations and larger non-profit agencies, so work outside those themes is unlikely to fit.
It does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application will not get a hearing; ask whether someone in your network can introduce you.
If you are invited, a request around $100,000 sits at the median, and half of its grants are $100,000 or less, although the typical band of $25,000 to $700,000 is not a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $7,600,000.
Most of its grant dollars (93%) went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so expect an approach to be relationship-led.
The filing states no geographic focus; its grants have mainly gone to organisations in District of Columbia, Georgia, New York, Virginia and Colorado, but that describes past giving, not a limit on who may apply.

Overview

Sall Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Cary, NC.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Sall Family Foundation directs resources to community-driven activity in environment, global public health and poverty reduction, with science and freedom of experimentation underpinning this work. It backs leaders and organisations closest to challenges affecting the environment, public health and poverty, funding locally led civil society organisations and larger non-profit agencies. Its investments span Latin America, the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific and the Arctic. The foundation values community agency, locally governed and sustainable solutions, and works with partners that bring deep regional expertise. It encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration, and gives organisations room to experiment, learn and adapt over the long term. Its approach treats environmental health, public health and economic wellbeing as interconnected, seeking outcomes that benefit both people and nature.

Themes

Environment
Global public health
Poverty reduction

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in District of Columbia, Georgia, New York, Virginia and Colorado.

How to apply

The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.

Application success factors

Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 93% 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 204 grants to organisations were $100,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

It backs leaders and organisations closest to challenges to the environment, public health and poverty, empowering them to experiment, learn and evolve.
It encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration among the locally led civil society organisations and larger non-profit agencies it funds.
It values honest dialogue with trusted partners that have deep expertise in their regions.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

District of Columbia22%

Georgia22%

New York13%

Virginia12%

Colorado10%

North Carolina4%

6 other states: 12%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 6%

The largest single recipient received 22% of grant dollars to organisations.
In tax year 2024, 93% of grant dollars went to organisations Sall Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
4% of grant dollars went directly to organisations outside the US (United Kingdom, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania).
9% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.

Grants

79 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $125k

How much do they typically give?

Share of 79 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$10k–$25k3%

$25k–$50k8%

$50k–$100k24%

$100k–$250k34%

$250k–$500k15%

$500k–$1M8%

$1M and over9%

Median $125k (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

CARE · Programmatic support
$6,000,0002024 tax year
World Wildlife Fund · Programmatic support
$4,824,3802024 tax year
The Nature Conservancy · Programmatic support
$4,230,1002024 tax year
Rocky Mountain Institute · General operating support and programmatic support
$2,900,0002024 tax year
Environmental Defense Fund · General operating support and programmatic support
$2,500,0002024 tax year
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · Programmtic support
$1,849,5002024 tax year
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Programmatic support
$1,000,0002024 tax year
Global Greengrants Fund · Programmatic support
$716,5002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

Jason W Haggins — Exec Dir, VP, Board Member
Mary Tschirhart — Board Member
English G Sall — Board Member
Sophie Hartshorn — Board Member
William W Sall — Board Member
Leslie C Sall — Board Member
Elizabeth A Sall — Board Member
Virginia B Sall — Treasurer, Secretary, Board Member, Vice Chair Of B
John P Sall — President, Board Member, Chair Of The Board
Kelci Miclaus — Board Member
Jennifer Davis — Board Member
Andrea Dewees Fuentes — Board Member

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

Year	Total expenses	Grants paid	Assets	Filing document
2022 tax year	$30,055,052	$29,111,864	$111,982,901	Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year	$33,266,766	$31,945,000	$151,286,932	Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year	$37,143,639	$35,771,480	$130,301,851	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.