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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-3526690

Saunders Family Foundation

A private foundation in Minneapolis, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 5 grants and $122,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,999,396

  • Tax year 2024

    $119,160

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $2,081,456

  • Tax year 2023

    $128,380

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,967,182

  • Tax year 2022

    $131,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,168,950

  • Tax year 2021

    $104,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $2,348,334

  • Tax year 2020

    $102,500

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $1,014,701

  • Tax year 2019

    $54,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,024,507

Grants paid in 2025

5 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Webster High SchoolWebster, WI

    General support

    $60,000
  2. Dunwoody College of TechnologyMinneapolis, MN

    General support

    $20,000
  3. Trustees of Tufts CollegeMedford, MA

    General support

    $20,000
  4. Banyan CommunityMinneapolis, MN

    General support

    $17,000
  5. The Blake SchoolHopkins, MN

    General support

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $45,00073% of the total
  2. Community development1 grant $17,00027% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Wisconsin1 grant $60,000
  2. Minnesota3 grants $42,000
  3. Massachusetts1 grant $20,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Christina SaundersPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $3,000
  • Jackson SaundersTREASURER Hours 1Pay $0
  • Alyssa BighamSECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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