Lawrence a Sanders Foundation Inc
Boca Raton, FL · EIN 65-0270066. Reported 311 grants totalling $4,444,525 to 75 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Lawrence a Sanders Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations Lawrence a Sanders Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 15 grants totalling $150,000 to them. That is 8% of the $1,908,025 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Way Miami Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Broward County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $25 and the largest $130,000.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boca Helping Hands | Boca Raton, FL | $268,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties | West Palm Beach, FL | $253,500 | 8 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Pembroke Pines, FL | $235,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Martin County Council for the Arts | Stuart, FL | $210,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Literacy Coalition Palm Beach County | Boynton Beach, FL | $200,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| First Book | Washington, DC | $170,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reading Is Fundamental | Washington, DC | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Sunrise, FL | $155,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fau Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | $132,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hillsdale College | Hillsdale, MI | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| MATTHEW25 Ministries Network for Good | Blue Ash, OH | $110,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Joan of Arc Care Ministries | Boca Raton, FL | $105,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Our Father's House | Pompano Beach, FL | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA South Palm Beach County | Boca Raton, FL | $100,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wounded Warriors Family Support | Omaha, NE | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Life Net 4 Families Coop Feeding Program | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Adopt-a-Family of Palm Beach | Lake Worth, FL | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cros Ministries | Lake Worth, FL | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Drama Works | West Palm Beach, FL | $75,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Convoy of Hope | Kansas City, MO | $60,150 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $60,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fisher House Foundation | Rockville, MD | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| 4 Kids of South Florida | North Lauderdale, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Better Basics | South Birmingham, AL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boysgirls Club of Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boysgirls Club of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Center for Family Svc of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Farmworker Coordinating Council of Pb | Lake Worth, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach Foundation | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reach Out and Read | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ruth Rales Jewish Family Center | Boca Raton, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Jude Childrens' Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Lord's Place | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way Broward County | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way Martin County | Stuart, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way Miami | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA Treasure Coast | Stuart, FL | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boca Raton Museum of Art | Boca Raton, FL | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA Palm Beaches | West Palm Beach, FL | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boysgirls Club of Martin County | Hobe Sound, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feeding South Florida | Pembroke Pines, FL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts of America | Lake Worth, FL | $37,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Build on | Stanford, CT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Samaritans Purse | Boone, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Florence Fuller Child Development Center | Boca Raton, FL | $25,150 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Arc Martin County | Stuart, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ann Storck Center Inc | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Education Foundation of Pb County | West Palm Beach, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Fisher Center for Alzeimer's Research | New York, NY | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jesus House of Hope Inc | Stuart, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Naples Botanical Gardens | Naples, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Project Medishare - Haiti | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA Weston | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Forever Young Veterans | Collierville, TN | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Gateway Community Outreach | Deerfield Beach, FL | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fiu Fellowship | Miami, FL | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | Parkland, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Charity Navigator | Bellmawr, NJ | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA Pembroke Pines | Pembroke Pines, FL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Consumer Reports | Yonkers, NY | $6,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach County Cultural Council | Lake Worth, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Josephcapuchin Soup Kitchen | Detroit, MI | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boca Raton Historical Society | Boca Raton, FL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Province of St Josephcapuchin Soup Kitchen | Detroit, MI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ignite Empowerment | Lauderhill, FL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boca West Childrens Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chrohns & Colitis Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Home for Boys & Girls | Chicago, IL | $25 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
67 of 75 (89%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 91%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Community Foundation of Pb & Martin Counties
Vocational Technical Fund, to assist with tuition for applicants who wish to attend trade school or technical school of any kind. - Fau Foundation Inc
The Off the Page Literary series ($10k), the Sanders Publishing Symposium ($10k) and Student Publications ($10k) - Community Foundation of Broward County
Split between two funds - $10,000 to Sanders Creative Writing Scholarship Fund and $10,000 to Sanders Fund to Promote Literacy - St Jude Childrens' Research Hospital
Contribution toward building fund - United Way Miami
Contribution to Artifex Magazine - Fiu Fellowship
Creative writing scholarship fund
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 130 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66 | $864,350 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 62 | $855,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 63 | $837,525 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 63 | $923,500 | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 57 | $963,650 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
75% of its giving went to organizations in Florida.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lawrence a Sanders Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 4781 Nw 27TH Ave, Boca Raton, FL, 33434. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 65-0270066 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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