California · Private foundation
Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
- $126k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $42,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 12 | $126k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $7k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 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, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lords Grace Christian Church | $42,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Nations | $38,000 | 3 | 47% |
| Move Mountain View | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Slavic Gospel Association | $6,000 | 4 | n/a |
| All Nations International Inc | $3,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Globalgiving Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Cityteam Ministries | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($50k), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
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About Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $126,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (59%), Community Improvement (24%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Lords Grace Christian Church ($42k), All Nations ($38k), Move Mountain View ($15k).
- Does Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc 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 Family Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Sam Family Charitable Foundation Inc is based in CA.
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