Texas · Private foundation
Sam Field Foster 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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $372k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Sam Field Foster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $55k | 83% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plano Isd Education Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Hendrick Scholarship Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Craniofacial Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), 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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · 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
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About Sam Field Foster Foundation
- How much does Sam Field Foster Foundation give?
- Sam Field Foster Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $55,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Sam Field Foster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (39%), Arts & Culture (33%), Recreation & Sports (17%).
- Who are Sam Field Foster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Plano Isd Education Foundation ($25k), Hendrick Scholarship Foundation ($5k), Children's Craniofacial Association ($5k).
- Does Sam Field Foster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam Field Foster 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 Field Foster Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, Texas Instruments Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Sam Field Foster Foundation based?
- Sam Field Foster Foundation is based in TX.
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