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The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund

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.

$226k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
63
Grants FY2025
64
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,395
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 64
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
11
Total assets, FY2025
$521k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving61$224k34%
FY202464$205k33%
FY202357$170k28%
FY202251$183k39%
FY202134$202k47%
FY202026$137k38%
FY201925$74k32%
FY201821$62k57%
85% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$358kReligion$202kPhilanthropy$133kFood & Nutrition$107kCivil Rights$107kHealth$93kEducation$43kCommunity Improvement$33kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MI
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Branches Inc$120,4368n/a
Howard Brown Health Center$35,00040%
Active Transportation Alliance$26,65090%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$26,60090%
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc$21,00051%
Chicago Dance Health Fund$17,62582%
Tutoring Chicago$14,00040%
St Johns Church$9,8104n/a
Equality Illinois$9,42762%
Nib Foundation$8,5956n/a
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All grantees of The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Branches Inc$120,4368n/a
Howard Brown Health Center$35,00040%
Active Transportation Alliance$26,65090%
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc$26,60090%
Reader Institute for Community Journalism Inc$21,00051%
Chicago Dance Health Fund$17,62582%
Tutoring Chicago$14,00040%
St Johns Church$9,8104n/a
Equality Illinois$9,42762%
Nib Foundation$8,5956n/a
Nourishing Hope$8,00050%
Rainbow Railroad USA Inc$8,00040%
Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly Inc$7,14480%
American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois$6,00010%
One Heart Uganda Incorporated$5,77561%
Ravenswood Community Services Inc$5,50030%
Vandercook College of Music$5,49730%
Aglo Chicago$5,0001n/a
The Outlet$5,0001n/a
Erikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression$5,00010%
Equality Illinois Institute$4,69310%
Uniting Voices$3,81360%
The Children's Place Association$3,50060%
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation$3,41170%
Nrhs Fund Inc$3,36941%
The Arc Alliance$2,65040%
The Chicago Philharmonic Society$2,00010%
The Lincoln - Douglas Society$2,00042%
Little Haiti Fc In$2,00041%
South Florida Public Media Group Inc$1,71950%
Chicago Public Media Inc$1,14040%
McDermott Center$1,09540%
Block Club Chicago Nfp$1,06220%
Audience Architects NFP dba See Chicago Dance$1,03010%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$1,00040%
AIDS Healthcare Foundation$1,00030%
World Bicycle Relief Nfp$1,00020%
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly$1,0001n/a
Florida Immigrant Coalition Inc$1,00030%
Norland United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Safe Schools South Florida$1,00010%
Center on Halsted$1,00020%
Hips$1,00040%
First Look for Charity Foundation$97510%
National Park Foundation$87540%
South Florida Pbs Inc$53240%
New World Symphony Inc$51010%
The Herald Charities Inc$50060%
Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance$30041%
St Agnes Episcopal Church$2002n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20030%
The Wilderness Society$15010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$10610%
Stand Up to Cancer$10530%
Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc$10330%
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States$10010%
Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry$8120%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 84 recipients with no EIN on record ($940k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHoward Brown Health Center: $35,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetActive Transportation Alliance: $26,650 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetLambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Inc: $26,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetReader Institute for Community Journalism Inc: $21,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetChicago Dance Health Fund: $17,625 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTutoring Chicago: $14,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetEquality Illinois: $9,427 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNourishing Hope: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRainbow Railroad USA Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHousing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly Inc: $7,144 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Illinois: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOne Heart Uganda Incorporated: $5,775 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetRavenswood Community Services Inc: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVandercook College of Music: $5,497 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetErikas Lighthouse A Beacon of Hope for Adolescent Depression: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Illinois Institute: $4,693 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUniting Voices: $3,813 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Place Association: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnthony Rizzo Family Foundation: $3,411 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNrhs Fund Inc: $3,369 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Arc Alliance: $2,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Chicago Philharmonic Society: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Lincoln - Douglas Society: $2,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetLittle Haiti Fc In: $2,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSouth Florida Public Media Group Inc: $1,719 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Media Inc: $1,140 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMcDermott Center: $1,095 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBlock Club Chicago Nfp: $1,062 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAudience Architects NFP dba See Chicago Dance: $1,030 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAIDS Healthcare Foundation: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Bicycle Relief Nfp: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSafe Schools South Florida: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter on Halsted: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHips: $1,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFirst Look for Charity Foundation: $975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $875 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Florida Pbs Inc: $532 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew World Symphony Inc: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Herald Charities Inc: $500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNorthwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance: $300 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wilderness Society: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $106 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStand Up to Cancer: $105 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Notre-Dame de Paris Inc: $103 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL27.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation · Walder Foundation · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund

How much does The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund give?
The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund reported 63 grants totaling $225,942 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 64 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Religion (15%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Branches Inc ($120k), Howard Brown Health Center ($35k), Active Transportation Alliance ($27k).
Does The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund 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 The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Miami Foundation Inc.
Where is The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund based?
The Darrell R Windle and David a Samber Charitable Fund is based in IL.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 146 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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