Sandler Foundation
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Sandler Foundation is a charitable foundation formed in 1991 with support from Herb Sandler
and Marion Sandler
. The foundation's website is www.sandlerfoundation.org. In 2006, the Sandlers made a contribution of $1.3 billion to the foundation, which was the second largest American charitable contribution of 2006.http://www.slate.com/id/2159776 Sandler Foundation is a spend-down foundation, consistent with the Sandlers' commitment to give away their wealth to charity.http://www.givingpledge.org
Sandler Foundation's mission is to be a catalyst to strengthen the progressive infrastructure, expose corruption and abuse, advocate for vulnerable and exploited people and environments, and advance scientific research in neglected areas.http://www.sandlerfoundation.org
A 2008 New York Times article notes that the foundation has provided substantial support to several nonprofit organizations, including ProPublica
, the Center for American Progress
, the Center for Responsible Lending
, Human Rights Watch
, the American Civil Liberties Union
, as well as other nonprofit organizations that conduct research in parasitic diseases, asthma (the American Asthma Foundation
), and basic science (UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research).http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09Sandlers-t.html
Sandler Foundation also helped establish the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley http://hrc.berkeley.edu/about.html, the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center at UCSF http://sabre.ucsf.edu/, and the Sandler Center for Drug Discovery at UCSF (previously the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases)http://www.sandler.ucsf.edu/history.html.
Sandler Foundation has been identified as a supporter of other charitable work, including:
Herb Sandler
Herbert Sandler is the former CO-CEO of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings Bank.-Career:In 1963, the Sandlers created Golden West Financial Corporation, a savings and loan holding company, to acquire Golden West Savings and Loan Association, the predecessor to World Savings Bank...
and Marion Sandler
Marion Sandler
Marion Sandler is the former co-CEO of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings Bank. In 2004, after 43 years running Golden West Financial Corporation, she was described by the Columbia School of Journalism as “the first and longest-serving woman chief executive officer in the United...
. The foundation's website is www.sandlerfoundation.org. In 2006, the Sandlers made a contribution of $1.3 billion to the foundation, which was the second largest American charitable contribution of 2006.http://www.slate.com/id/2159776 Sandler Foundation is a spend-down foundation, consistent with the Sandlers' commitment to give away their wealth to charity.http://www.givingpledge.org
Sandler Foundation's mission is to be a catalyst to strengthen the progressive infrastructure, expose corruption and abuse, advocate for vulnerable and exploited people and environments, and advance scientific research in neglected areas.http://www.sandlerfoundation.org
A 2008 New York Times article notes that the foundation has provided substantial support to several nonprofit organizations, including ProPublica
ProPublica
ProPublica is a non-profit corporation based in New York City. It describes itself as an independent non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. In 2010 it became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize, for a piece written by one of its...
, the Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Its website states that the organization is "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action." It has its headquarters in Washington D.C.Its President and Chief...
, the Center for Responsible Lending
Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending is a nonprofit organization non-partisan research and policy group based in Durham, North Carolina and with offices in Washington DC and Oakland, Calif. Its purpose is to educate the public about financial products and to push for policies that curb predatory...
, Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Beirut, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo,...
, the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
, as well as other nonprofit organizations that conduct research in parasitic diseases, asthma (the American Asthma Foundation
American Asthma Foundation
The American Asthma Foundation is a national advocacy group funding basic research focused on asthma. The mission of the American Asthma Foundation, a non-profit organization, is to improve treatment, prevent, and find a cure for asthma, a chronic lung condition affecting 25 million Americans.To...
), and basic science (UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research).http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09Sandlers-t.html
Sandler Foundation also helped establish the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley http://hrc.berkeley.edu/about.html, the Sandler Asthma Basic Research Center at UCSF http://sabre.ucsf.edu/, and the Sandler Center for Drug Discovery at UCSF (previously the Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases)http://www.sandler.ucsf.edu/history.html.
Sandler Foundation has been identified as a supporter of other charitable work, including:
- A Johns Hopkins University national effort to reduce central-line associated bloodstream infections http://www.strategiesfornursemanagers.com/ce_detail/235010.cfm
- The Pew Charitable Trusts' "Safe Credit Cards Project"http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_detail.aspx?id=616
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)http://www.plos.org/about/index.php
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org/pdf/CBPPAnnualReport-sm.pdf
- National Center for Youth Law http://www.youthlaw.org/about_ncyl/donors/
- Oceana http://na.oceana.org/en/about-us/people-partners/foundation-donors
- Earthjustice http://www.earthjustice.org/give/foundations
- Free Press http://www.freepress.net/files/annual_report-2009.pdf
- PICO National Network http://www.piconetwork.org/about?id=0009
- Tax Policy Center http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/aboutus/funders.cfm