· Private foundation
The Elaine Dewey Sammons 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LITERACY COALITION PALM BEACH COUNT | $30,000 |
| ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY | $23,500 |
| MANNA FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +186% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BHBethesda Hospital Foundation Inc3× · 2017–2020 · $111k · revenue +186%
- AHASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC7× · 2017–2024 · $72k · revenue +213%
- WCWALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC4× · 2019–2023 · $28k · revenue +93%
Funded once
- PBPalm Beach County Food Bank Incgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +48%
- NBNO BARRIERS USAone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -80%
- GSGEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +315%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
At unc health foundation, we inspire philanthropic support for unc health and unc school of medicine that transforms healthcare and provides hope to the people of north carolina and communities around the world.
Nourish people. build solutions. empower communities. no one goes hungry.
The mission of the usf alumni association is to foster a mutually beneficial, lifelong relationship between the university and its alumni; to inspire loyalty and pride among current and future alumni; and to advocate for excellence in…
The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…
The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.
To lead a network of partners to alleviate hunger, prevent food waste, and nourish the communities we serve. our vision is that all people have the nutritious food they need to thrive.
Our mission is to encourage, honor and support the human-animal bond in the suncoast region of florida. our vision is to celebrate a community whose pets are safe and loved. suncoast humane society provides sheltering, prevention and…
The outer banks community foundation helps meet local needs across dare county and the entire outer banks. we manage charitable funds for individuals and agencies, and we target grants and scholarships toward our communitys most pressing…
To improve health, elevate hope, and advance healing for all.
University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.'s mission is to provide charitable and educational aid to the University of South Florida; to promote education and other related activities of the University; and to encourage research,…
Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.
To support and carry out the functions and purposes of wrmc hospital operating corporation (dba atrium health wake forest baptist wilkes medical center) to enhance the delivery of quality health care within the organization's region.
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds Bethesda Hospital Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds WALNUT COVE MEMBERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds DELRAY BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc ↗
- Who funds NO BARRIERS USA ↗
- Who funds GEORGE SNOW SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC ↗
- Who funds THE UNLIMBITED FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds MOUNTAIN AMATEUR ATHLETIC CLUB INC ↗
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: The Cuyler P and Brenda G Medore Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Elaine Dewey Sammons Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Elaine Dewey Sammons Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Palm Beach County Food Bank Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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