California · Private foundation
Samuelson Charitable 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.
- $699k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $25M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Samuelson Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 21 | $699k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $180k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $186k | 26% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $109k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $81k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $72k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $54k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidental College | $270,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon Housinginc | $150,100 | 7 | 5% |
| Door of Hope | $127,500 | 6 | 2% |
| La Canada Presbyterian Church | $95,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Connect 2 Ministries | $56,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Mount Hermon Association Incorporated | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Hope Lutheran Church | $29,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Rose Drive Friends Church | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occidental College | $270,000 | 2 | 0% |
| California Lutheran University | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon Housinginc | $150,100 | 7 | 5% |
| Door of Hope | $127,500 | 6 | 2% |
| La Canada Presbyterian Church | $95,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Connect 2 Ministries | $56,500 | 7 | 6% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Mount Hermon Association Incorporated | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Hope Lutheran Church | $29,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Rose Drive Friends Church | $29,000 | 7 | n/a |
| YMCA of the Foothills | $28,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Madeleine Choir School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Church | $9,000 | 5 | n/a |
| San Dieguito United Methodist Church | $8,500 | 5 | n/a |
| The Church at Rancho Bernardo | $8,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arlington Garden in Pasadena | $6,022 | 5 | 1% |
| Marin Catholic High School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fireside Elementary PTO | $4,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Pittsburgh Theological Seminary of the Utd Preby Chrc Utd Sts Amer | $3,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Blue Water Institute | $2,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Los Angeles Conservation Corps | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Shepherd of the Hills-Hillcrest Christian Church | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Wishes | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Nicholas Orthodox Church | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| San Marcos High School Athletic Boosters Club | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| St Mary's Food Bank Alliance | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Buena Vida Amigos | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Campus Crusade for Christ Inc | $700 | 1 | n/a |
| 5th Quarter Football Club | $600 | 1 | n/a |
| Historical Society of West Point Inc | $550 | 2 | 1% |
| Dominican Sisters Vision of Hope | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| St Baldrick's Foundation Inc | $102 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($199k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Samuelson Charitable 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: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Samuelson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · Sempra Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Samuelson Charitable Foundation
- How much does Samuelson Charitable Foundation give?
- Samuelson Charitable Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $699,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Samuelson Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (38%), Religion (29%), Housing & Shelter (20%).
- Who are Samuelson Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Occidental College ($270k), California Lutheran University ($250k), Beacon Housinginc ($150k).
- Does Samuelson Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Samuelson Charitable 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 Samuelson Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Pasadena Community Foundation, Samuelson Foundation.
- Where is Samuelson Charitable Foundation based?
- Samuelson Charitable Foundation is based in CA.
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