Missouri · Private foundation
Sam B Cook 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.
- $490k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
76% of Sam B Cook Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $370,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Sam B Cook Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 12 | $120k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $201k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $395k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $200k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $85k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln University | $75,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Transformational Housing | $40,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Southern Methodist University | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Riverview Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Washington and Lee University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($836k), not named here.
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About Sam B Cook Foundation
- How much does Sam B Cook Foundation give?
- Sam B Cook Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $490,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Sam B Cook Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (45%), Philanthropy (44%), Health (4%).
- Who are Sam B Cook Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Lincoln University ($75k), Transformational Housing ($40k), Southern Methodist University ($35k).
- Does Sam B Cook Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam B Cook 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.
- Where is Sam B Cook Foundation based?
- Sam B Cook Foundation is based in MO.
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