Donald M Slager Sunset Foundation
Bishop, CA · EIN 91-2150933. Reported 140 grants totalling $1,799,224 to 64 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Donald M Slager Sunset Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $167,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Scholarship Program | Bishop, CA | $581,982 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kern Community College District | Bishop, CA | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Inyo Healthcare District | Bishop, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mammoth Hospital | Mammoth Lakes, CA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bishop Sunrise Rotary Club | Bishop, CA | $57,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eastside Student Center | Bishop, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cal State Polytechnic Univ Slo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Nevada Reno | Reno, NV | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Davis | West Sacramento, CA | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Inyo County Search & Rescue | Bishop, CA | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mono County Search & Rescue | Mammoth Lakes, CA | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Redlands | Redlands, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Inyo Hospital Auxiliary | Bishop, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine | Irvine, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of California Los Angele | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bishop Unified School District | Bishop, CA | $21,075 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| California State University Sacram | Sacramento, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fort Lewis College | Durango, CO | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mammoth Hospital Foundation | Mammoth Lakes, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | $19,667 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Methodist Social Services | Bishop, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Calif Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California State Univ Maritime Aca | Vallejo, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of California San Diego | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Bishop, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American River College | Sacramento, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bishop Area Bike Organization | Bishop, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State University Chico | Chico, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eastern Sierra Interpretive Assn | Bishop, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Endicott College | Beverly, MA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Great Basin College Elko | Elko, NV | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Indianapolis, IN | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Montana State University | Bozeman, MT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco State University | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eastern Sierra Cancer Alliance | Bishop, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brigham Young University | Provo, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cal Poly Humboldt | Arcata, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cal State Polytechnic Univ Pomona | Pomona, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California State Univ Northridge | Northridge, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concordia University Irvine | Irvine, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Eastern Sierra Artists | Bishop, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John Jay College | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knox College | Galesburg, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Riverside City College | Riverside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Clara University | Santa Clara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seton Hill University | Greensburg, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Swarthmore College | Swarthmore, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Tribes Technical College | Bismarck, ND | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Riverside | Riverside, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Nevada Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Oregon | Eugene, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of St Augustine Austin | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alan Hancock College | Santa Maria, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
35 of 64 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Mammoth Hospital
HEALTH CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Inyo County Search & Rescue
SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAM - United Methodist Social Services
SOUP KITCHEN,SHOWER MINISTRY - Salvation Army
HOMELESS AND HUNGRY MINISTRY - Eastern Sierra Cancer Alliance
CANCER PATIENTS ASSISTANCE - Bishop Unified School District
HOME STREET SCHOOL SKI TEAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 61 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $359,667 | $5,250 |
| 2022 | 39 | $495,025 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 39 | $473,532 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 34 | $471,000 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Donald M Slager Sunset Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 51, Bishop, CA, 93515. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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