Sanders Family Foundation C/O Nancy S Sanders
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About Sanders Family Foundation C/O Nancy S Sanders
The Sanders Family Foundation is a dedicated patron of performing arts, concentrating its support on professional opera and contemporary music presentation in Southern California. Its giving is focused and steady, providing recurring annual grants to a small set of arts organizations that produce large-scale performances and new work. The foundation favors organizations that present opera, music festivals, and producer-driven new music/theater projects.
Focus Areas
Professional opera companies in Greater Los AngelesRegional contemporary music and chamber music festivals in Southern CaliforniaProducer-driven new opera and music-theater commissioning/production
Who They Fund
unspecified target population
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large, repeat annual grants to arts organizations (multi-year/recurring support rather than one-off small grants).
Funding Style
annual/recurring fundingrenewable/renewed grants
About Sanders Family Foundation C/O Nancy S Sanders
A $175,000 annual grant to Los Angeles Opera in both 2024 and 2025 stands out in the Sanders Family Foundation C/o Nancy S Sanders’ recent giving. That repeated support signals a funder that backs operating continuity for organizations producing large-scale opera and new music work, rather than spreading small awards across many fields. The foundation’s recent grants also show a steady relationship with Ojai Music Festival, which received $37,500 in 2023, 2024, and 2025, reinforcing the pattern of year-over-year support for a small set of performing arts institutions. Beth Morrison Projects, a Brooklyn-based producer of opera and music-theater work, appears again and again in the record, along with New York- and California-based presenters and composers. Across the listed grants, the foundation’s giving centers on professional opera companies, contemporary music presentation, and producer-driven commissions and productions. The structure is consistent: annual grants, renewed over multiple years, with the largest awards reserved for core arts institutions that present substantial programming.
What Sanders Family Foundation C/O Nancy S Sanders Funds
In opera, the foundation gave $175,000 in 2025 to Los Angeles Opera and the same amount in 2024, indicating sustained support for a major professional company. For contemporary music and chamber music presentation, Ojai Music Festival received $37,500 in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025. Producer-led new opera and music-theater work also appears in the record: Beth Morrison Projects received $35,000 in 2023 and 2024, plus $25,000 in 2025. Composer development shows up through Luna Composition Lab, which received $10,000 in 2024 and $25,000 in 2025. The mix points to a funder that supports both established presenters and organizations developing new work.
How Sanders Family Foundation C/O Nancy S Sanders Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size sits at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $30,000 at the median, and $37,500 at the 75th percentile. The recent record is dominated by annual grants, and several recipients reappear across multiple years, showing renewed support rather than one-time awards. The pattern is consistent with a regular funder, not a DAF or program-related-investment vehicle. Grants are concentrated in a small number of recurring arts relationships, with larger amounts reserved for core institutional support and mid-range awards used for ongoing program support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$210K
Total Assets
$489K
Total Revenue
$68K
Total Expenses
$215K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $38K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$38K
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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