Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr
Chicago, IL · EIN 13-7046581. Reported 183 grants totalling $10.3M to 98 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr 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 $50,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $35,000 and $75,000; the smallest was $10,000 and the largest $280,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame Academy | Worcester, MA | $776,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | $325,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| University of Massachusetts Foundation | Newton, ME | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $300,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Natureserve | Arlington, VA | $260,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ducks Unlimited Inc | Memphis, TN | $250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Perkins School for the Blind | Watertown, MA | $225,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Francis De Sales School for the Deaf | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation Fighting Blindness | Columbia, MD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Marine Life Center | Buzzards Bay, ME | $200,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Usher 1F Collaborative | Newtonville, MA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth Zoological Corporation Dba Zoo New England | Boston, MA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Marine Conservation Institute | Glen Ellen, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New Hampshire Association for the Blind | Concord, NH | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Visions Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Visions Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | New York, NY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Xerces Society | Seattle, WA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Xerces Society Inc | Portland, OR | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cornell University of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $136,150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | Rochester Hills, MI | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Audubon Society Dba Seabird Institute | Bremen, ME | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Safe Toddles | Fishkill, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Research Foundation for SUNY at SUNY | Albany, NY | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Freedom Guide Dogs for Blind | Cassville, NY | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries | Stonington, ME | $115,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Farmland Trust | Washington, WA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Billion Oyster Project | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mab Community Services Inc | Brookline, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New England Aquarium | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Nyc Audobon Society Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rutgers University Foundation | New Brunswick, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trout Unlimited | Manchester, ME | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $92,239 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $91,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Connecticut Institute for the Blind Dba Oak Hill | Hartford, CT | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fund for the City of Ny Freshkills Park Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| New York Restoration Project | New York, NY | $88,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Manomet Inc | Manomet, MA | $87,840 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bronx River Alliance | Bronx, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Via - Visually Impaired Advancement | Buffalo, NY | $80,600 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Audubon Society of New Hampshire | Concord, NH | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Salus University | Elkins Park, PA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Delaware Wild Lands Inc | Odessa, DE | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Downeast Salmon Federation | Columbia Falls, ME | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Van Cortlandt Park | Bronx, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Montpelier, VT | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Stone Barns Center for Food & Agricultur | Pocantico Hills, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partners | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cancer Care Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York Inc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecticut River Watershed | Greenfield, MA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hellen Keller National Center | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass Audubon | Lincoln, MA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| New Jersey Audubon Society | Bernardsville, NJ | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Westchester Land Trust | Bedford Hills, NY | $63,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cornell Universitycornell Lab of Ornithology | Ithaca, NY | $62,826 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Helen Keller Services | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marine Mammals of Maine | Bath, ME | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Audubon Society | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seatuck Environmental Association Inc | Islip, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hildene the Lincoln Family | Manchester, VT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Rivers | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Delaware Riverkeeper Network | Bristol, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York City Bird Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Optometric Center of New York | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum & Foundation | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Iris Network | Portland, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Upstate Foundation Inc | Syracuse, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westmoreland Sanctuary | Mount Kisco, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Housatonic Valley Association Inc | Cornwall Bridge, CT | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alphapointe | Richmond Hill, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Printing House for the Blind Inc | Louisville, KY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Wildlife Studies | Bethesda, MD | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Caucus of Environmental Legislators | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlantic Salmon Federation | Brunswick, ME | $37,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Freshkills Park Alliancefreshkills Biolofical Station | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lighthouse Guild International Inc | New York, NY | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rhode Island Zoological Society | Providence, RI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ocean Alliance Inc | Gloucester, MA | $32,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum | New York, NY | $32,438 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lighthouse Guild | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sea Research Foundation Inc | Mystic, CT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Gloucester, MA | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
50 of 98 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 47%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 123 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $1,801,234 | $45,485 |
| 2022 | 40 | $2,264,919 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $1,949,100 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 36 | $1,996,920 | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 36 | $2,312,420 | $57,500 |
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
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $50,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- 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 Sarah Decoizart Perpetual Charitable Tr's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 S Dearborn IL1-0111, Chicago, IL, 60603. 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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