Minnesota · Private foundation
Sampson 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.
- $251k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $294k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 86% of the organizations Sampson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $251k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $90k | 86% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $74k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $65k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $44k | 93% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $13k | 79% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Historical Center | $51,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Jordan Family Church | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance Inc | $10,173 | 1 | 2% |
| Prince of Peace Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Onalaska United Methodist Church | $8,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Thomas a Costello Legacy Foundation | $7,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Renville County Food Shelf | $4,300 | 3 | 2% |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 119 recipients with no EIN on record ($414k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sampson 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: American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Sampson Family Foundation
- How much does Sampson Family Foundation give?
- Sampson Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $251,092 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sampson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (28%), Education (24%), Public Benefit (14%).
- Who are Sampson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hector Historical Center ($51k), Bethany Fellowship Inc ($12k), Jordan Family Church ($11k).
- Does Sampson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sampson Family 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 Sampson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Sampson Family Foundation based?
- Sampson Family Foundation is based in MN.
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