Sand County Foundation Inc
EIN 39-6089450 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 53 grants · $924.2k
Who it funds most
5 of its 67 grantees were funded in more than one year.
Sand County Foundation Inc's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 40 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2024, filing 202522459349301037
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Form 990 | $12.9m | — | $9.6m |
| 2023 | Form 990 | $17.5m | — | $7.5m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns6 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202602239349301630 | IRS batch file |
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202522459349301037 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202412409349301436 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202322789349301217 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202232789349300118 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202102859349302150 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
Sand County Foundation Inc made 73 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $8.4m as filed.
- Grants
- 73
- Total, as filed
- $8.4m
- Years
- 2020–2025
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INNOVATION CENTER | 3 | $6.6m |
| AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST | 1 | $333.6k |
| ALLIANCE FOR THE GREAT LAKES | 1 | $230.0k |
| RIVER NETWORK | 1 | $150.0k |
| POLICYLINK | 1 | $110.0k |
| DUBUQUE SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT | 1 | $101.3k |
| SAUK COUNTY LRE | 1 | $85.9k |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | 2 | $72.1k |
| GREEN COUNTY LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION | 1 | $66.9k |
| REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | 1 | $63.3k |
| CDM SMITH INC | 1 | $50.0k |
| NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY | 2 | $31.8k |
| UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO | 1 | $26.9k |
| LEVEL-VU ACRES LLC | 1 | $22.1k |
| STEMPER HAY & GRAIN | 2 | $17.7k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | $60.0k |
| 2021 | 8 | $76.0k |
| 2022 | 19 | $722.7k |
| 2023 | 11 | $1.0m |
| 2024 | 12 | $5.8m |
| 2025 | 17 | $769.7k |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-396089450. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified