The Sabor Russell Foundation concentrates its giving on a small set of organizations, providing general operating support with an emphasis on arts-infused services for vulnerable children and local community philanthropy. A large share of funding goes to a single arts/HIV program for children, while other grants support broad community foundations and discrete health and conservation causes. Grants are typically unrestricted operating support, suggesting trust in grantee leadership and flexible use of funds.
Concentrated, few but relatively large grants with repeat funding to core grantees; predominately unrestricted general operating support rather than project-specific awards.
A defining feature of Sabor Russell Foundation Agency is its repeated support for Children’s Aids Art Programme, which received the largest grant in the record set at $30,000 in 2023 and then additional general operating grants in 2024 and 2025. That pattern points to a funder that stays with selected organizations over time rather than making one-off awards. Across the recent grants list, the foundation backs arts-infused services for children, community philanthropy, public health, and conservation, usually through flexible operating or general support. It also shows a mix of local and national beneficiaries, from California community institutions to organizations in Washington, DC, New York, and elsewhere. The overall picture is of a small grantmaker using its resources to reinforce organizational capacity and ongoing programming rather than project-specific expansion. Several awards are modest in size, but the recurring grants to the same grantees indicate a deliberate, relationship-based style of giving.
In arts-based services for children affected by HIV/AIDS, the foundation supported Children’s Aids Art Programme with $24,000 in 2024 and $22,500 in 2025 for general operating. For local community philanthropy, it gave $11,500 in 2023, $9,500 in 2024, and $7,000 in 2025 to California Community Foundation, each time for general operating support. Public health-oriented giving appears in grants such as $8,000 in 2023 and $2,500 in 2024 and 2025 to World Central Kitchen for general operating. Conservation also appears through Wildlife Conservation Network, which received $7,500 in 2023, $5,000 in 2024, and $2,500 in 2025.
Typical grant size is small-to-mid scale: the 25th percentile is $2,325, the median is $4,250, and the 75th percentile is $8,750. The recent record shows repeated support for the same organizations across multiple years, including Children’s Aids Art Programme, California Community Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Network, World Central Kitchen, Child Mind Institute, Stanford Law School, and Princeton University. Grants are usually described as general operating or general support, indicating flexible use of funds. The foundation is not structured as a fund for individuals and does not make program-related investments.
$155K
$595K
$34K
$52K
Most grants fall between $2K and $9K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$9K
About 60% of grants go to recipients in DC.
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Notable grantees: Children's AIDS Art Programme, California Community Foundation, Prevented, Wildlife Conservation Network
The grant record is entirely U.S.-based, with 22 grants to recipients in the United States. California receives the largest share by grant count, and the list includes San Francisco, Los Angeles, Duarte, Stanford, Sausalito, and San Gabriel-area organizations. Outside California, grants also land in Washington, DC; New York, NY; Saint Louis, MO; Mancos, CO; and Princeton, NJ. Among the named recipient cities, Washington, DC appears multiple times through World Central Kitchen.
Most recent grants are labeled general operating or general support. Examples in the record include awards to California Community Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Network, World Central Kitchen, Stanford University, and Princeton University, showing a pattern of flexible support rather than project-specific funding.
Yes. The record shows repeated grants to several organizations across 2023 through 2025, including Children’s Aids Art Programme, California Community Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Network, World Central Kitchen, Child Mind Institute, Stanford Law School, and Princeton University.
The grant-size distribution is $2,325 at the 25th percentile, $4,250 at the median, and $8,750 at the 75th percentile. That places many awards in the low-thousands, with a smaller number of larger operating grants.
By grant count, the top state is DC, and 60% of grants go to recipients in California. The recipient list includes organizations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sausalito, Stanford, Duarte, Washington, DC, New York, Saint Louis, Mancos, and Princeton.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME | SAUSALITO, CA | $22,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $7,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| MANCOS UNITED | MANCOS, CO | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| STANFORD LAW SCHOOL | STANFORD, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | PRINCETON, NJ | $1,000 | 2025 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME | SAUSALITO, CA | $24,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $9,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $5,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CITY OF HOPE | Duarte, CA | $3,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | WASHINGTON, DC | $2,500 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CHILD MIND INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $2,150 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| STANFORD UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CA | $2,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| PRINCETON UNIVERSITY | PRINCETON, NJ | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME | SAUSALITO, CA | $30,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | LOS ANGELES, CA | $11,500 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| PREVENTED | SAINT LOUIS, MO | $8,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $7,500 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | WASHINGTON, DC | $4,250 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| CHILD MIND INSTITUTE | NEW YORK, NY | $4,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
| STANFORD LAW SCHOOL | STANFORD, CA | $2,000 | 2023 | GENERAL OPERATING |
CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME
$22,500GENERAL OPERATING
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$7,000GENERAL OPERATING
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING
MANCOS UNITED
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
$1,000GENERAL OPERATING
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
GENERAL OPERATING
CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME
$24,000GENERAL OPERATING
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$9,500GENERAL OPERATING
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK
$5,000GENERAL OPERATING
CITY OF HOPE
$3,000GENERAL SUPPORT
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
$2,500GENERAL OPERATING
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE
$2,150GENERAL OPERATING
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$2,000GENERAL SUPPORT
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
$1,000GENERAL OPERATING
CHILDREN'S AIDS ART PROGRAMME
$30,000GENERAL OPERATING
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$11,500GENERAL OPERATING
PREVENTED
$8,000GENERAL OPERATING
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK
$7,500GENERAL OPERATING
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
$4,250GENERAL OPERATING
CHILD MIND INSTITUTE
$4,000GENERAL OPERATING
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL
$2,000GENERAL OPERATING