Missouri · Private foundation
Sam and Marilyn Fox 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.
- $34k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,823
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $4,825
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 140
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $34k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $11M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 140 | $1.4M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 135 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $11,266,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital | $505,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis | $350,000 | 3 | 3% |
| United Way of Greater St Louis Inc | $333,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Louis University | $200,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | $175,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Congregation Temple Israel | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| American Friends of Leket Israel Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Concordance | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| US Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 153 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam and Marilyn Fox 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: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation · Centene Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis · The Kranzberg Family Charitable Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Jordan Mary R & Ettie a Charitable · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation
- How much does Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation give?
- Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $33,763 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 140 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (75%), Philanthropy (10%), Health (8%).
- Who are Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Washington University ($11M), The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital ($505k), Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis ($350k).
- Does Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam and Marilyn Fox 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 Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include St Louis Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, St Louis Community Foundation.
- Where is Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation based?
- Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation is based in MO.
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