Michigan · Private foundation
Sam Family Foundation
- $45k
- Granted FY2020
- 8
- Grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Sam Family Foundation’s FY2023 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. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Sam Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $45k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 4
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 25% of the organizations Sam Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $45k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $50k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $19k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $40k | 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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pat Green Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 15% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Lost Tree Chapel Inc | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michelle McGann Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madonna Mission | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation | $47,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northwestern University | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Pat Green Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 15% |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation | $6,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Lost Tree Chapel Inc | $5,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Misericordia Home | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Michelle McGann Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madonna Mission | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Millennium Park Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Chicago | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Play for Pink Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($86k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Sam Family Foundation
- How much does Sam Family Foundation give?
- Sam Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $44,750 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Sam Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (85%), Health (7%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are Sam Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation ($48k), Northwestern University ($15k), The Pat Green Foundation ($13k).
- Does Sam Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Sam Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Sam Family Foundation based?
- Sam Family Foundation is based in MI.
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