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Sama Family Foundation at a glance

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Sama Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$51k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$26k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Human Services$62kPhilanthropy$42kHealth$35kEducation$22kReligion$2kArts & Culture$2kEnvironment$2kCommunity Improvement$850Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$26,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$736k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS 501C3 CHARITIES$26,000
PHYSICIAN'S HOME$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PHYSICIAN'S HOME: $25k → 17%PHYSICIAN'S HOME: $25k → 17%PHYSICIANS' HOME INC: $5k → 17%PHYSICIANS' HOME INC: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
VA
KS
DC
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$154k · 27 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against -14% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 25 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
5

Total granted

$154k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-14%

Still filing today

59%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PH
    PHYSICIANS HOME INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $58k · revenue +341%
  • EM
    EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $7k · revenue +8%
  • GS
    GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +370%

Funded once

  • FI
    FUTURES IN EDUCATION
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -14%
  • SJ
    ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • EH
    EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue -53%
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.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
2
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
5
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
8
Stony Brook Orthopedic Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology University Faculty Pract ice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
11
St Charles Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

—
12
St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS 501C3 CHARITIES: $41,700 · OtherVARIOUS 501C3 CHARITIESST FRANCIS HOSPITAL: $5,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HOSPITALGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONMEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING: $2,500 · Other+16 more: $17,600 · Other+16 morePHYSICIANS HOME INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesPHYSICIANS HOME INC+1 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,042 · EducationSTEPHEN SILL…COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIV…BUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,000 · EducationBUCKLEY COUN…FUTURES IN EDUCATION: $2,000 · EducationFUTURES IN E…NATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $9,000 · HealthNATIONAL PS…EMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthEMERGENCY M…DR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION: $600 · HealthEAST HAMPTON VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EnvironmentAMAGANSETT LIFE-SAVING & COAST GUARD STATION SOCIETY: $955 · Arts & CultureTHE LADIES VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF EAST HAMPTON: $850 · Community Improvement
Other$71,800Human Services$59,500Education$18,042Health$16,600Environment$1,000Arts & Culture$955Community Improvement$850

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPHYSICIANS HOME INC: $58,000 over 4y, 6.6% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMERGENCY MEDICINE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,042 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFUTURES IN EDUCATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINNER CITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMAGANSETT LIFE-SAVING & COAST GUARD STATION SOCIETY: $955 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $950 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LADIES VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY OF EAST HAMPTON: $850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDR LORNA BREEN HEROES' FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY11.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sama Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sama Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Sama Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Sama Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home