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Sam's Fans
Sams fans is dedicated to the promotion of music and art therapy for children and their families facing life-threatening illnesses.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $165k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $60,000 |
| CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $35,000 |
| PROMEDICA | $30,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC | $30,000 |
| AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| GOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL | $25,000 |
| CENTER FOR COURAGEOUS KIDS | $10,000 |
| A KID AGAIN CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER | $10,000 |
| FLYING HORSE FARMS | $7,500 |
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DCDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL2× · 2024–2025 · $85k
- PPROMEDICA2× · 2024–2025 · $62k
- GCGOLISANO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL2× · 2024–2025 · $50k
Funded once
- UHUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSone grant, 2024 · $25k
- NCNATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITALone grant, 2024 · $20k
- SMSING ME A STORYone grant, 2024 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2024–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2024 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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