Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Sam & Charles Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $60k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $247k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations The Sam & Charles Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% 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 | 12 | $60k | 42% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $22k | 91% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $16k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilma Theater | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bearded Ladies Cabaret | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Balletx | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative North America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International House Philadelphia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Hopeful Horizons Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilma Theater | $36,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Bearded Ladies Cabaret | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Balletx | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Uc Santa Barbara Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative North America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International House Philadelphia Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sierra Club | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| African Hopeful Horizons Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Painted Bride Art Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of California San Francisco Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $740 | 1 | 0% |
| Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Employment Source Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philadelphia Orchestra Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Society Hill Civic Association | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($19k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sam & Charles 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: The Lida Foundation · Wyncote Foundation · Independence Foundation · The Barra Foundation Inc · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · The Pew Charitable Trusts · The William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Sam & Charles Foundation
- How much does The Sam & Charles Foundation give?
- The Sam & Charles Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $60,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Sam & Charles Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (47%), International (11%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Sam & Charles Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: The Wilma Theater ($36k), Bearded Ladies Cabaret ($12k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($9k).
- Does The Sam & Charles Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sam & Charles Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Sam & Charles Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Lida Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, Independence Foundation.
- Where is The Sam & Charles Foundation based?
- The Sam & Charles Foundation is based in PA.
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