The Sage Foundation Incorporated
The Employee Assistance Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to providing disaster relief support, particularly through its SAGE Family Grant Program. Its mission focuses on assisting employees of Sage Dining Services, Inc. who have been affected by qualified disasters, offering financial aid for necessary personal, family, living, or funeral expenses. The foundation emphasizes community welfare and human services, reflecting its commitment to supporting individuals in crisis. It primarily serves employees in need, ensuring that assistance is directed towards those impacted by unforeseen circumstances.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Organizations that deliver program-specific work in education, community relief, or intermediary disaster-relief services and can manage grants in the $25k–$50k range; or an intermediary administering employee disaster-relief on behalf of Sage Dining Services employees.
Good Fit
- • Provides program funding in education, scholarships, or community relief consistent with prior grants.
- • Capacity to manage and report on grants in the $25k–$50k range.
- • Ability to meet the SAGE Family Grant eligibility and documentation requirements when relevant (employees-of-Sage restriction).
- • Willingness to engage with intermediaries or regional foundations (e.g., the listed Baton Rouge intermediary).
Geography
Observed grants in the latest year went to two states (Tennessee and Louisiana) while the foundation is based in Maryland, indicating a small multi-state footprint rather than strictly local or national reach.
Recipient Variety
The latest year included two distinct recipients; across the two observed years different organizations were funded and no repeat grantees were seen, so the recipient set is small but not concentrated on a single beneficiary.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of openness is mixed: the SAGE Family Grant has public application instructions and the filings show new recipients in the latest year, but the SAGE program is eligibility-restricted and overall grantmaking is small and selective, so openness to unfamiliar applicants cannot be confirmed as high.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
