Washington · Public charity
Samuel Israel Foundation
To operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, by supporting activities of or to carry out the purposes of the jewish federation of greater seattle.
- $825k
- Granted FY2019
- 9
- Grants FY2019
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
67% of Samuel Israel Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Samuel Israel Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $825k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $48,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 3
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 14% of the organizations Samuel Israel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 7 | $642k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $138k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union for Reform Judaism | $1,038,060 | 2 | n/a |
| The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc | $500,000 | 2 | 9% |
| International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem | $333,333 | 1 | 66% |
| American Friends of Yeshivat Kol Tzofayich | $250,000 | 1 | 29% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service | $144,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Lutheran Publicity Bureau | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Ezra Bessaroth | $19,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Holocaust Center For Humanity | $18,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Congregation Shaarei Teshuvah | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Samuel Israel Foundation
- How much does Samuel Israel Foundation give?
- Samuel Israel Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $824,869 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Samuel Israel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Religion (38%), International (26%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Samuel Israel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Union for Reform Judaism ($1.0M), The Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa Inc ($500k), International Sephardic Educational & Cultural Center in Jerusalem ($333k).
- Does Samuel Israel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Samuel Israel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Samuel Israel Foundation based?
- Samuel Israel Foundation is based in WA.
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