The Sands Family Foundation Inc C/o Wildstar Partners Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
546052978
IRS 990-PF coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Delray Beach, FL, USA
Phone
5856787449
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,868,158
Expenses
$13,988,369

Source: IRS Form 990-PF. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Overview

Mission

The Sands Family Foundation Inc C/o Wildstar Partners Llc is a nonprofit. Location: Delray Beach, FL. EIN 546052978.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 55 filed grant rows totaling $9,961,899. The stated grant purposes included unrestricted program use, for support of career center, center for integrated sciences, and annual fund, and for support of winslow natural playground and endowment fund to support faculty compensation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. The foundation's positive operating resources came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The foundation distributed 97% of its reported charitable disbursements as grants.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. The filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 73
  • Cost Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 78

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 71; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Foundation activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Individual grants for travel, study or similar purposes: Pass
    • Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories: Fail
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 30.21; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: 73.3% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 78th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 57 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Compliance: Foundation activity disclosures: Grants outside qualifying charitable organization categories not reported.