Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Samuels Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $98k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Samuels Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 14 | $98k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $93k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $115k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $118k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $102k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $101k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $103k | 7% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bat Conservation International | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| George School | $67,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seed Farm | $20,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Moravian Archives | $15,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Allentown Symphony Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Johnston Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bat Conservation International | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $75,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $70,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| George School | $67,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Heritage Conservancy Inc | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seed Farm | $20,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Moravian Archives | $15,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Allentown Symphony Association Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Johnston Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Hellertown Historical Society | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($379k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuels 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.
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How this is measured
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About Samuels Family Foundation
- How much does Samuels Family Foundation give?
- Samuels Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $98,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Samuels Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (18%), Arts & Culture (14%), Animals (13%).
- Who are Samuels Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bat Conservation International ($80k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($75k), Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ($70k).
- Does Samuels Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuels Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Samuels Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Samuels Family Foundation based?
- Samuels Family Foundation is based in PA.
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