California · Private foundation
Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 84%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $39,600
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 84% of the organizations Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 72% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $2.3M | 33% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $2.6M | 84% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $3.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Togetherwithisrael Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $600,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad Student Center Inc | $526,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Fund of Israel | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad of North Irvine | $285,064 | 2 | n/a |
| Tikva Corp | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Mishteret Yisrael | $170,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Chabad of Irvine | $82,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine | $72,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School | $2,000,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Togetherwithisrael Inc | $750,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Hoag Hospital Foundation | $600,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad Student Center Inc | $526,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Fund of Israel | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chabad of North Irvine | $285,064 | 2 | n/a |
| Tikva Corp | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Mishteret Yisrael | $170,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Chabad of Irvine | $82,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beth Jacob Congregation of Irvine | $72,000 | 1 | n/a |
| H F Epstein Hebrew Academy | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Student Center North Orange County | $49,300 | 1 | n/a |
| American Friends of Chaiyanu | $38,600 | 1 | 4% |
| Irvine Hebrew Day School | $36,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Overwatch Foundation | $21,932 | 1 | n/a |
| Adopt a Family Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Orange County Friendship Circle Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Beis Gavriel | $17,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Rockland Religious Services and Education | $14,902 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Inspire Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley Friendship Circle | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Mishpacha Orphanage Odessa | $3,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Israel Medical Fund Corp | $1,163 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Orange County · Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County · Jewish Communal Fund · Samueli Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation
- How much does Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation give?
- Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $2,301,056 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (31%), Religion (28%), Health (19%).
- Who are Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School ($2.0M), Togetherwithisrael Inc ($750k), Hoag Hospital Foundation ($600k).
- Does Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Orange County, Jewish Community Foundation of Orange County, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation based?
- Eric and Sheila Samson Foundation is based in CA.
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