Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The Sam Damico 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.
- $94k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Sam Damico Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $94k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $4k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $4k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $5k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $5k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Health$63kCrime & Legal$23kHousing & Shelter$11kHuman Services$10kRecreation & Sports$9kArts & Culture$250Education$100Religion$100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $13,400 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $10,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc | $250 | 5 | 0% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Foundation | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $13,400 | 4 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $12,700 | 6 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $10,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc | $250 | 5 | 0% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Foundation | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Rachel Kohl Community Library | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Sam Damico Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 10.
About The Sam Damico Foundation
- How much does The Sam Damico Foundation give?
- The Sam Damico Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $94,140 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Sam Damico Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (54%), Crime & Legal (20%), Housing & Shelter (9%).
- Who are The Sam Damico Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($13k), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($13k), Smile Train Inc ($11k).
- Does The Sam Damico Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Sam Damico 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.
- Where is The Sam Damico Foundation based?
- The Sam Damico Foundation is based in PA.
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