New York · Private foundation
Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc
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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2021
- 7
- Grants FY2021
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
66% of Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $78k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 5
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 86% of the organizations Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 68% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | $78k | 86% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $75k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association | $200,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Transportation Alternatives Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 1% |
| The Clear Fund | $69,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Genesis Project Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Hands Along the Nile Development Se | $43,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mass Design Group Ltd | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Helen Keller International | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($105k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc
- How much does Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc give?
- Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $77,500 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
- What does Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (42%), International (23%), Community Improvement (20%).
- Who are Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association ($200k), Transportation Alternatives Inc ($150k), The Clear Fund ($70k).
- Does Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc 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 Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc based?
- Medhat F Sami Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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