Skip to content

New York · Private foundation

The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc

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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
126
Grants FY2025
96
Organizations funded FY2024
32%
First-time grantees FY2024
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2025
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$400,000
Organizations funded a year
95 to 100
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
20
Total assets, FY2025
$40M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 32% of the organizations The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureOther
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 arriving119$2.2M39%
FY202496$2.5M32%
FY2023100$1.6M39%
FY202296$2.9M51%
FY202195$1.6Mn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$2.8MEducation$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.1MInternational$692kRecreation & Sports$685kCommunity Improvement$456kReligion$301kYouth Development$236kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Descents$581,14646%
Heroic Hearts Project Inc$563,55046%
Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising$450,00044%
Chakana Media Inc$420,50034%
The 1440 Foundation$400,0001n/a
Feilding Foundation$315,0001n/a
Soul Ryeders Inc$291,621512%
Brainfutures Incorporated$250,00018%
Fireside Project Inc$250,000213%
Cornell University$226,50040%
Show all 177 grantees
All grantees of The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Descents$581,14646%
Heroic Hearts Project Inc$563,55046%
Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising$450,00044%
Chakana Media Inc$420,50034%
The 1440 Foundation$400,0001n/a
Feilding Foundation$315,0001n/a
Soul Ryeders Inc$291,621512%
Brainfutures Incorporated$250,00018%
Fireside Project Inc$250,000213%
Cornell University$226,50040%
Psfc$225,00023%
Usona Institute Inc$221,90031%
Healing Breakthrough$200,00026%
Feeding Westchester Inc$193,00050%
Reason for Hope Inc$170,000114%
Lungevity Foundation Inc$150,00011%
Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center$150,00010%
New Heights Youth Inc$125,00032%
The Rye Arts Center Inc$107,67556%
Community Synagogue$104,0005n/a
Shefa Jewish Psychedelic Support$100,000214%
Young Men's Christian Association of Rye New York$81,00021%
Steer for Student Athletes Inc$75,00052%
Grassroot Soccer Inc$65,00040%
Emma's Torch Ltd$60,00031%
Open Door Foundation Inc$50,00021%
Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund$50,00021%
William G Nash Foundation$50,000215%
Duke University$50,00040%
Jacob Burns Film Center Inc$45,00050%
Panorama Global$35,0001n/a
Open Door Family Medical Center Inc$35,00020%
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc$30,00040%
Apollo Pact Inc$27,500212%
Caritas of Port Chester Inc$25,50040%
Northern Westchester Hospital Association$25,00050%
The Nowak Society$25,000212%
Harlem Academy$25,00020%
Bmore Incorporated$25,000111%
Alma Institute$25,000110%
Athanatos World Inc$25,000112%
Port Chester Carver Center Inc$23,50050%
The One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc$22,50030%
Rye Youth Council Inc$22,00052%
Protea Foundation$20,000111%
The Survivorship Collective$20,0001n/a
Friends of Ofanim Inc$20,0001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$17,10040%
Limina Foundation$16,00035%
Hand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra$16,00020%
Room to Grow National Inc$15,00030%
Peaceplayers International$12,50020%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$10,00010%
Pro Bono Partnership Inc$10,00040%
Healing Advocacy Fund$10,00011%
Harlem Children's Zone Inc$10,00010%
Independent Feature Project Inc$10,00010%
Shooting Touch Inc$10,00011%
Maccabi World Union Inc$10,0001n/a
Northwell Health Foundation$10,0001n/a
Women Make Movies Inc$10,00010%
Npa Foundation$10,0001n/a
My Sisters Place Inc$8,00040%
Rye Fund for Education Inc$8,00021%
Dorot Inc$7,72050%
Sprye Inc$7,50051%
The New York Times Communities Fund$7,50020%
Coexistence Story Inc$7,0001n/a
Magicians Without Borders Inc$7,00035%
Police Association of the City of Rye Inc$7,00042%
Rye Free Reading Room$7,00040%
Port Chester-Rye-Rye Brook Emergency Medical Services Inc$7,00050%
Friends of Rye Town Park Inc$5,250519%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$5,00010%
Razom Inc$5,00010%
Gush Etzion Foundation % Juliette Landesman$5,00010%
Montefiore Medical Center$5,00010%
New York Edge Inc$5,00020%
Communities in Schools$5,00010%
Adventist Healthcare Inc$5,00010%
New Community Vision$5,00010%
The Afya Foundation of America Inc$5,00040%
The Reeves Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$4,10440%
Temple Beth El$3,6001n/a
Beloved Builders Inc$3,50010%
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$3,30010%
Global Focus on Cancer Inc$3,25032%
Part of the Solution$3,00030%
Seal Future Foundation Inc$2,50010%
Glioblastoma Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Cancer Support Community Greater Ny & Ct Inc$2,26540%
Actblue Charities Inc$2,00010%
Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation Inc$2,00020%
New York Skyriders$2,0001n/a
Los Angeles Urban League$2,00010%
5 Steps to Five$2,00031%
Support Connection Inc$1,85040%
Cancer Support Team Inc$1,75050%
Dudes for Dads$1,74011%
Helping Hands for the Homeless and Hungry Inc$1,50027%
Taconic Opera$1,50021%
Rye Volunteer Firefighters Inc$1,50010%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$1,50030%
Wainwright House Inc$1,35040%
Impact100 Westchester Inc$1,10010%
Camp Southern Ground Inc$1,0801n/a
Detroit Justice Center$1,07510%
Sloane Stephens Foundation Inc$1,04610%
Save a Child's Heart Foundation US Inc$1,0001n/a
Incarnation Children's Center$1,00010%
Lifting Up Westchester Inc$1,00010%
Big Green$1,00010%
Food for Others Inc$1,00010%
Our Big Kitchen Los Angeles$1,0001n/a
No One Left Behind$1,00010%
Canine Rescue Club Inc$1,0001n/a
The Loveland Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Baby2baby$1,0001n/a
Pink Aid Inc$1,00010%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$1,00010%
Westside Food Bank$1,00010%
Silver Bay Association for Christian Conferences and Training$1,00010%
Pennpac Inc$1,00010%
Mdrc$1,00010%
Rock N Rescue$6151n/a
Operation Happy Nurse$60021%
Helphopelive Inc$55010%
Thank You Life$5251n/a
Alzheimer's Disease Research Foundation$52510%
Big Picture Foundation$51212%
America Gives Inc$5001n/a
Fungi Foundation Inc$50010%
Thread Connects Inc$50016%
Playsmart Inc$50013%
100cameras$50010%
Council on the Environment Inc$50010%
Morgans Message Inc$50010%
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights$50010%
Mac Angels Foundation Inc$50010%
Access to Doorways Inc$5001n/a
Planetwork$5001n/a
Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership Corporation$50010%
End of Life Psychedelic Care Inc$50010%
Healthport Inc$5001n/a
Hope for Sisis Kids Inc$50011%
Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc$50010%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
Fordham University$50010%
The Woman's Club of Rye Inc$50011%
The Pfap Foundation Inc$3911n/a
Rye City Lions Club$3752n/a
Hopes Door Inc$36010%
The Rye Historical Society$35020%
Sports Bra Project Inc$3502n/a
Peace Ranch Corporation$3001n/a
San Francisco Study Center Inc$30030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$30020%
The Bail Project Inc$26310%
Music for Autism$25010%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$25010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$25010%
Smile Train Inc$25010%
Blue Ridge Hospice Inc$25010%
FinAbility$2501n/a
Womens Visionary Council$2101n/a
Project Happiness$20020%
Rye City School District$2001n/a
Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York Inc$10310%
California Institute of Integral Studies$10310%
RESOLVE Incorporated$10010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10010%
San Antonio Hospital Foundation Inc$10010%
United Negro College Fund Inc$10010%
Talk a Mile$1001n/a
Cmak Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation Inc$10010%
Merit Spread Foundation Inc$6510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFirst Descents: $581,146 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetHeroic Hearts Project Inc: $563,550 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetArbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising: $450,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetChakana Media Inc: $420,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetSoul Ryeders Inc: $291,621 over 5y, 12% of budgetBrainfutures Incorporated: $250,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetFireside Project Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCornell University: $226,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPsfc: $225,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetUsona Institute Inc: $221,900 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHealing Breakthrough: $200,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetFeeding Westchester Inc: $193,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetReason for Hope Inc: $170,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetLungevity Foundation Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-Ucla Medical Center: $150,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew Heights Youth Inc: $125,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetThe Rye Arts Center Inc: $107,675 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetShefa Jewish Psychedelic Support: $100,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Rye New York: $81,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSteer for Student Athletes Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetGrassroot Soccer Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetEmma's Torch Ltd: $60,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOpen Door Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIndigenous Medicine Conservation Fund: $50,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWilliam G Nash Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetDuke University: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJacob Burns Film Center Inc: $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOpen Door Family Medical Center Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJazz at Lincoln Center Inc: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetApollo Pact Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetCaritas of Port Chester Inc: $25,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetNorthern Westchester Hospital Association: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nowak Society: $25,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetHarlem Academy: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBmore Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAlma Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetAthanatos World Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetPort Chester Carver Center Inc: $23,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe One Love Foundation in Honor of Yeardley Love Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRye Youth Council Inc: $22,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetProtea Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $17,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLimina Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetHand in Hand American Friends of the Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Isra: $16,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRoom to Grow National Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceplayers International: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Bono Partnership Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 145.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Daffy Charitable FundCA29.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Daffy Charitable Fund · Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc · The Glickenhaus Foundation · Margaret Cameron and James M Glickenhaus Foundation · Riverstyx Foundation · The Dunn Family Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The New York Community Trust · Nicholas & Christina Raho Foundationinc · John and Jennifer Eckerson Family Foundation C/O Citrin Cooperman · West Family Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund

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.

Compare The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc with peer funders

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc

How much does The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc give?
The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc reported 126 grants totaling $2,205,643 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 95 and 100 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (25%), Education (19%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: First Descents ($581k), Heroic Hearts Project Inc ($564k), Arbor Brothers Inc Dba Arbor Rising ($450k).
Does The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc 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 Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Daffy Charitable Fund, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc, The Glickenhaus Foundation.
Where is The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc based?
The Joe & Sandy Samberg Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 269 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.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Joe & Sandy Samberg’s filings →

More from the funding graph