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The Sage Foundation Inc

Accepts applications Lutherville, Maryland · EIN 813208844

The Sage Foundation Inc is a private foundation in Lutherville, Maryland. In tax year 2024 it gave $62,500 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $31,250 and the largest $37,500. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $57,268 the year before.

50% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$57,2682$169,943
2024$62,5002$168,276

How to apply

ContactThe Employee Assistance Foundatione
100 North Street Suite 900, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone or email(888) 295-0192, administrator@grantinterface.com
What to submitTo apply for the sage family grant, applicants must register online at https://www.e1st.org/sage and complete a disaster relief application. In addition to basic applicant information, the application requires applicants to provide information regarding their employment with sage dining services, inc.; provide a funding request statement describing the qualified disaster experienced by the applicant, as well as what eligible expense(s) the grant funds would be used for; and upload documentation demonstrating a financial need for an expense(s) that is eligible for reimbursement as a qualified disaster relief payment, as defined by section 139 of the internal revenue code. Acceptable documentation includes bills, invoices, and receipts.
Deadlines90 day limitation on reimbursement of eligible receipts
RestrictionsThe sage family grant only provides qualified disaster relief payments, as defined by section 139 of the internal rev code, to employees of sage dining services, inc. Who have been affected by a qualified disaster, defined by section 139 of the internal rev code. Qualified disaster relief payments, will only be considered for payment of the following eligible expenses: reasonable and necessary personal, family, living, or funeral expenses attributable to a qualified disaster; reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for the repair or rehabilitation of a personal residence attributable to a qualified disaster; reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for the repair or replacement of the contents of a personal residence attributable to a qualified declared disaster. Tobacco, alcohol, entertainment expenses, and expenses compensated by (see P17) insurance or otherwise are not eligible for reimbursement as a qualified disaster relief payment through the sage family grant program.

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Sage Foundation Inc funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Tennessee.

StateGrantsAmount
Tennessee1$37,500
Louisiana1$25,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
International Scholarship & Tuition Services
Nashville, TN
Program funding$37,500
Baton Rouge Area Foundation Employees 1st
Baton Rouge, LA
Sage family grant program$25,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Sage Foundation Inc accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: 90 day limitation on reimbursement of eligible receipts.

How much does The Sage Foundation Inc give?

$62,500 in tax year 2024, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $31,250.

Who runs The Sage Foundation Inc?

Its 2024 filing lists Christina J Rodriguez (Director and President) and Francisco Rodriguez (Director, Treasurer and SE).

What does The Sage Foundation Inc fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and international.

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