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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 FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$12MPhilanthropy$1.5MHealth$1.3MFood & Nutrition$246kReligion$158kHuman Services$146kArts & Culture$139kCommunity Improvement$126kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$4,823
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF ST LOUIS$4,825
CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS$4,823
LIFT FOR LIFE GYM$4,823
CASA DE LA SALUD$4,823
SHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC$4,823
REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS$4,823
MEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS$4,823
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $128k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ELI AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ASSN FOR CHILD PROTECTION: $500 → 7%FRIENDS OF YAD LAKASHISH--LFELINE FOR THE OLD: $500 → 7%SULAM: $500 → 8%SAFE CONNECTIONS: $500 → 21%FRIENDS OF YAD LAKASHISH--LFELINE FOR THE OLD: $250 → 7%RESPECTABILITY: $1k → 8%sulam: $500 → 8%RESPECTABILITY: $500 → 8%OUR LADYS INN: $1k → 11%OUR LADYS INN: $1k → 11%THE LITTE BIT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FLANCE EARLY LEARNING CENTER: $1k → 21%LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $500 → 11%FLANCE MANAGEMENT INC: $1k → 21%UNLEASHING POTENTIAL: $1k → 21%FEED MY PEOPLE: $1k → 11%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $700 → 21%GUARDIAN ANGEL SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $200 → 21%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $46k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ASSOCIATION: $42k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY&CHILDRENS SERVICES: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICE: $4k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDRENS SERVICE: $1k → 11%CHILD DAY CARE ASSN OF ST LOUIS DBA UNITED 4 CHILDREN: $1k → 21%CHILD DAY CARE ASSN OF ST LOUIS DBA UNITED 4 CHILDREN: $1k → 21%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $6k → 11%PEDAL THE CAUSE: $6k → 11%ST LOUIS ARC: $250 → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
TN
DC
AL
GA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$14M · 104 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

104 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 98 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
83

Total granted

$14M
$427k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

88%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’25
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $11M · revenue +16%
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL
    3× · 2020–2022 · $505k · revenue +69%
  • VT
    VARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $350k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • SD
    Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
    one grant, 2022 · $175k · revenue -46%
  • UC
    US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · revenue -14%
  • OA
    ORT AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -6%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Mission St Louis

Mission: st. louis empowers individuals for social and economic growth through relationships and opportunity.

Community Improvement
2
Hillel At Washington University in St Louis

The mission of hillel at washington university in st louis is to be a catalyst for jewish life among college students in st louis. we connect students with one another and with jewish culture and traditions through service and social…

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3
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
4
Avila University

Avila university, a catholic university sponsored by saint joseph educational ministries, a ministerial public juridic person of the catholic church (sjem), is a values-based community of learning providing liberal arts, professional,…

Education
5
Greater St Louis Inc

Greater st. louis, inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, drive inclusive economic growth, and increase the st. louis metro area's global competitiveness. we speak with a unified voice, lead with a bold agenda, and…

Community Improvement
6
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America

The shalom hartman institute (shi) is a leading research and educational center serving israel and world jewry. we work to enrich the moral and spiritual life of israel and the jewish people, deepen the commitment to pluralism and israel's…

International
9
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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12
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of St Louis and the most unlike its peers is The Caring People. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsCancer Support ServicesChristian Youth CampsAnimal Rescue and ShelterDomestic Violence ServicesYouth Development CentersYouth Development ServicesChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Pregnancy Support ServicesSenior Support ServicesPolicy Research and AdvocacyWomen & Girls Leadership De…Developmental Disabilities …Community Arts CentersAffordable Housing Developm…Addiction Recovery ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Elementary Literacy TutoringIndependent K-12 SchoolsLocal History MuseumsFood Banks and PantriesCommunity FoundationsJewish Community Organizati…United Way AffiliatesHealth Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 24. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%1%<5yr12%1%5–10yr16%9%10–20yr15%29%20–35yr16%29%35–55yr24%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%0%<5yr12%1%5–10yr16%1%10–20yr15%5%20–35yr16%3%35–55yr24%90%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 1% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/157
the rest of the field
12%
4,544/39,334

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

153 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 153 of the 192 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
151/153
Grantees still filing
108/153
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $11,266,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY+17 more — $419,100 · EducationJewish Federation of St Louis — $1,197,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Feder…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $333,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $120,000 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN FRI…+4 more — $3,250 · PhilanthropyTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL — $505,000 · HealthSansum Diabetes Research Institute — $175,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc — $45,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS — $36,825 · Health+19 more — $47,196 · HealthVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS — $350,000 · OtherCONGREGATION TEMPLE ISRAEL — $150,000 · OtherALS ASSOCIATION — $50,000 · OtherTODAY AND TOMORROW EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $42,500 · OtherST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $38,000 · OtherOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $39,500 · Other+98 more — $380,296 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $87,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $15,000 · Human ServicesPEDAL THE CAUSE — $12,000 · Human Services+13 more — $14,400 · Human ServicesCONCORDANCE — $115,000 · Crime & LegalNational Conference for Comminuty & Justice of Metropolitan St Louis — $7,500 · Crime & Legal+1 more — $200 · Crime & LegalMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $24,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $20,500 · Arts & CultureTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $8,823 · Arts & CultureCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $7,323 · Arts & CultureJAZZ ST LOUIS — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC — $5,000 · Arts & Culture+14 more — $18,400 · Arts & Culture
Education$11,685,100Philanthropy$1,653,250Health$809,021Other$1,050,296Human Services$128,400Crime & Legal$122,700Arts & Culture$114,046

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $11,266,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis — $1,197,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL — $505,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetVARIETY THE CHILDRENS CHARITY OF ST LOUIS — $350,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $333,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY — $200,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSansum Diabetes Research Institute — $175,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCONCORDANCE — $115,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUS Chamber of Commerce Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $87,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWebster University — $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION FOOD SEARCH INC — $39,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS AREA FOOD BANK INC — $38,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY OF GREATER ST LOUIS — $36,825 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetGREATER ST LOUIS BOY SCOUT TRUST FUND — $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Global FoodBanking Network — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELDON ARTS FOUNDATION — $24,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $20,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetORT AMERICA INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD OUTREACH INC — $14,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetREADY READERS — $12,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMEMORY CARE HOME SOLUTIONS — $12,323 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPEDAL THE CAUSE — $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFUND FOR ISRAEL'S TOMORROW — $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHORATIO ALGER ASSN OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST LOUIS — $8,823 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Conference for Comminuty & Justice of Metropolitan St Louis — $7,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER OF CREATIVE ARTS — $7,323 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY CITY CHILDREN'S CENTER — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHERWOOD FOREST CAMP INC — $5,823 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLift for Life Gym Inc — $5,823 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sur Land Trust — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE HESCHEL CENTER INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAZZ ST LOUIS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LOUIS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTMINSTER COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LUKES EPISCOPAL-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DE SALUD — $4,823 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Louis Community Fo…United Way of Greater…St Louis Community Fo…Centene FoundationCommerce Bancshares F…Edward Jones Foundati…World Wide Technology…Trio Foundation of St…The Kranzberg Family …Employees Community F…Jordan Mary R & Ettie…Moneta Group Charitab…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO106.7× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Sharsheret Inc — 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
49report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 192 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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