Annunziata Sanguinetti Foundation Grant

The Annunziata Sanguinetti Foundation Grant provides year-round support for organizations focused on the care, treatment, rehabilitation, or education of children with physical or mental handicaps in San Francisco, California. Eligible entities must be 501(c)(3) organizations dedicated to serving children ages 21 and under. The program emphasizes educational, health, and human services, ensuring a better quality of life for affected youth, while excluding specific entities like Shriners Hospitals.

NOTE: Applications are accepted year round. Applications must be submitted by June 30 to be reviewed at the annual grant meeting that occurs in September.
To support the care, treatment, cure, rehabilitation, or education of children with physical handicaps, mental retardation or mental illnesses to children born in, residing in, or whose parents’ homes were maintained in San Francisco, California.
Program limitations
Organizations must be devoted to the care, treatment, cure, rehabilitation, or education of children with physical or mental handicaps or illnesses.
Population served
Children with physical or mental handicaps or illnesses (ages 21 years or under).
Criteria
Organizations must be devoted to any one or more of the following purposes:

• The care or rehabilitation of physically handicapped children, The care or rehabilitation or mentally retarded or mentally ill children,
• The care, treatment or cure of mentally or physically ill children, physically handicapped children or retarded children,
• The care, treatment, cure, education or rehabilitation of deaf, dumb or blind children, or physically handicapped or mentally retarded children,
• Furnishing medical, dental, nursing, hospitalization or psychiatric care or treatment for physically or mentally handicapped children,
• To any other charity recognized as aforesaid furnishing aid, care, education or assistance to children.

Eligibility

Geographic limitations

In accordance with the donor’s wishes, grants are made primarily to charities that render services to children born in, residing in, or whose parents’ homes were maintained in San Francisco, California.

Requirements

To be eligible, organizations must qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Organizations must render services to children ages 21 years or under.

Ineligibility

The foundation does not fund requests for:

Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, including the Shriners Hospital at San Francisco, California due to gifts made by the donor during her lifetime.