Nevada · Private foundation
Sam D Young Family 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $7,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 25
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $279k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Sam D Young Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $29k | 21% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $37k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $36k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $38k | 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renown Health Foundation | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Reno Coat Drive Inc | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nevada Humane Society | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pawsitive Rescuers of El Paso | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renown Health Foundation | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Reno Coat Drive Inc | $7,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Nevada Humane Society | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Northern Nv | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Pawsitive Rescuers of El Paso | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Anglican Diocese of the Southwest Inc | $1,620 | 3 | n/a |
| Rescue Mission of El Paso Inc | $1,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Lee & Beulah Moor Children's Home | $1,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach In | $1,490 | 3 | 0% |
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| League to Save Lake Tahoe | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anglican Church in North America | $840 | 3 | n/a |
| American Anglican Council | $840 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam D Young Family 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: El Paso Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sam D Young Family Foundation
- How much does Sam D Young Family Foundation give?
- Sam D Young Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 25 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sam D Young Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (18%), Religion (15%), Animals (9%).
- Who are Sam D Young Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Renown Health Foundation ($19k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($8k), Big Reno Coat Drive Inc ($7k).
- Does Sam D Young Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam D Young Family 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 D Young Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include El Paso Community Foundation, Community Foundation of Northern Nevada, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Sam D Young Family Foundation based?
- Sam D Young Family Foundation is based in NV.
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