South Dakota · Private foundation
Sam F Weller Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $155k
- Granted FY2022
- 13
- Grants FY2022
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of Sam F Weller Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to South Dakota Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Sam F Weller Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $155k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 31% of the organizations Sam F Weller Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 13 | $155k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $131k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $111k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $124k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $73k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $71k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott House Inc | $209,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mitchell School District 17-2 Dba Mitchell Technical College | $79,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | $68,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mitchell Area Historical Society | $50,500 | 4 | 32% |
| Mitchell Area Housing Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Mitchell Baseball Association | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Mitchell Aquatic Club | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mitchell Music Boosters Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Lifequest Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott House Inc | $209,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Mitchell School District 17-2 Dba Mitchell Technical College | $79,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | $68,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mitchell Area Historical Society | $50,500 | 4 | 32% |
| Mitchell Area Housing Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Mitchell Baseball Association | $50,000 | 1 | 24% |
| Mitchell Aquatic Club | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mitchell Music Boosters Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village | $25,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Lifequest Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mitchell Lions Foundation | $16,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Mitchell Pickleball Association Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitchell Area Safehouse Inc | $11,028 | 3 | 1% |
| Special Olympics South Dakota Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Love Feast of Mitchell Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Mitchell Corn Palace | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Firesteel Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Sanborn County 4-H | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Parkston | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mitchell Area Development Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $3,400 | 2 | 2% |
| Mitchell Tennis Association Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Mitchell United Way | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dunham Historical Society | $984 | 1 | n/a |
| Avera Queen of Peace | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($501k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Sam F Weller Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: South Dakota Community Foundation · Mitchell Area Charitable Foundation · Avera Health · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation Inc · Larson Foundation · Sanford Group Return · Midcontinent Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Sam F Weller Family Foundation
- How much does Sam F Weller Family Foundation give?
- Sam F Weller Family Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $154,500 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Sam F Weller Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (80%), Arts & Culture (4%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Sam F Weller Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Abbott House Inc ($209k), Mitchell School District 17-2 Dba Mitchell Technical College ($80k), Dakota Wesleyan University ($68k).
- Does Sam F Weller Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam F Weller Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sam F Weller Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include South Dakota Community Foundation, Mitchell Area Charitable Foundation, Avera Health.
- Where is Sam F Weller Family Foundation based?
- Sam F Weller Family Foundation is based in SD.
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