[2] The Sandlers founded the nonprofit investigative news organization ProPublica.
[3] Sandler Foundation's mission to "invest in strategic organizations and exceptional leaders that seek to improve the rights, opportunities and well-being of others, especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
"[4] 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).
[8] Sandler Foundation has been identified as a supporter of other charitable work, including: In an article for Inside Philanthropy, David Callahan wrote that the foundation's strategy involved strong organizational leaders and providing long term general support.
Callahan listed ProPublica and the Center for American Progress as notable funding successes for the Sandler Foundation.