New York · Private foundation
Samourkas Foundation of New York
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.
- $270k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Samourkas Foundation of New York’s FY2025 grant dollars went to King Baudouin Foundation Us Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $260,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $260,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- 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 Samourkas Foundation of New York funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $78k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $90k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $284k | 92% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Sculpture Center Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promise Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank for New York City | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cycladic Art Foundation Co Forvis Mazars LLP | $4,319 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Sculpture Center Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Cancer Research Institute Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thessalonica Agricultural & Industrial Institute (The American Farm School) | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promise Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Food Bank for New York City | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fresh Air Fund | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Humane Society for Seattleking County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cycladic Art Foundation Co Forvis Mazars LLP | $4,319 | 2 | 1% |
| Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Instit | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($642k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samourkas Foundation of New York supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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
About Samourkas Foundation of New York
- How much does Samourkas Foundation of New York give?
- Samourkas Foundation of New York reported 2 grants totaling $270,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Samourkas Foundation of New York fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (69%), Health (12%), Religion (4%).
- Who are Samourkas Foundation of New York's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: World Central Kitchen Inc ($80k), The Sculpture Center Inc ($60k), Cancer Research Institute Inc ($20k).
- Does Samourkas Foundation of New York fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samourkas Foundation of New York 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 Samourkas Foundation of New York?
- 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 Samourkas Foundation of New York based?
- Samourkas Foundation of New York is based in NY.
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