Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
$200KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General, charitable, educational - Choral Scholars Program Scholarships
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Sage Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 38-6041518 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- President or Secretary Sage Foundat
- Phone
- (810) 227-7660
- Deadlines
- No deadlines.
- Application materials
- Amount of grant requested. What the applicant intends to accomplish. How the applicant intends to reach the stated objectives, and how such objectives will further the applicant's tax-exempt purposes. What procedures the applicant has implemented to evaluate the results achieved. Any additional information which would aid the Sage Foundation Board of Trustees in making its decision. A photocopy of the Internal Revenue Service determination letter or ruling indicating the applicant's tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Name of the applicant's contact person.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions.
Original filing text
- Contact
- President or Secretary Sage Foundat
- Address
- PO Box 1919 Brighton, MI, 481165719
- Phone
- 8102277660
- Deadlines
- No deadlines.
- Application materials
- Amount of grant requested. What the applicant intends to accomplish. How the applicant intends to reach the stated objectives, and how such objectives will further the applicant's tax-exempt purposes. What procedures the applicant has implemented to evaluate the results achieved. Any additional information which would aid the Sage Foundation Board of Trustees in making its decision. A photocopy of the Internal Revenue Service determination letter or ruling indicating the applicant's tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Name of the applicant's contact person.
- Restrictions
- No restrictions.
Reported organization name: SAGE FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | $1.6M |
| 2024 | 70 | $1.9M |
Where Sage Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
General, charitable, educational - Choral Scholars Program Scholarships
Window to the World Communications Inc
Chicago, IL
$175KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General, charitable, educational - Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival film
Window to the World Communications Inc
Chicago, IL
$150KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General, charitable, educational - Island Without Cars/Hydra
Grant Park Orchestral Association
Chicago, IL
$125KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
General, charitable, educational
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (138 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Sage Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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