New Jersey · Private foundation
Marvin Samson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $860,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Marvin Samson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 17 | $1.3M | 47% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $516k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $500k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $608k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $541k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $649k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $441k | 57% |
| FY2017 | 21 | $549k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Franklin Institute | $1,693,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Virtua Health Foundation Inc | $635,320 | 4 | 4% |
| Congregation Beth El | $560,540 | 8 | n/a |
| Kellman Brown Academy | $213,600 | 7 | 2% |
| Cherry Hill Free Clinic Inc | $56,000 | 4 | 3% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curry College | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Joseph Lacroce Foundation Inc | $20,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Camden County Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 1% |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marvin 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: Td Charitable Foundation · Ravitz Family Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Kenneth and Loretta Schatz Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Anne Brown Koons Foundation · Jeffrey and Tracy Brown Foundation · The Manny and Ruthy Cohen Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Express Foundation
How this is measured
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About Marvin Samson Foundation
- How much does Marvin Samson Foundation give?
- Marvin Samson Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $1,385,875 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marvin Samson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (38%), Health (13%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Marvin Samson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Franklin Institute ($1.7M), Virtua Health Foundation Inc ($635k), Congregation Beth El ($561k).
- Does Marvin Samson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marvin 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 Marvin Samson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Td Charitable Foundation, Ravitz Family Foundation, Community Foundation of New Jersey.
- Where is Marvin Samson Foundation based?
- Marvin Samson Foundation is based in NJ.
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