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The Sam Damico Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $85k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$12,500
DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO$12,500
SALVATION ARMY$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL$10,000
RIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$10,000
SMILE TRAIN$10,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT$10,000
MARIST COLLEGE TRACK TEAM$9,140
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CHESTER CTY: $200 → 6%ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $100 → 7%RACHAEL KOHL COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $100 → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $10k → 22%MARIST COLLEGE TRACK TEAM: $9k → 9%SMILE TRAIN: $10k → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $10k → 17%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10k → 13%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $13k → 14%SALVATION ARMY: $10k → 9%AMVETS: $100 → 11%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CHESTER CTY: $200 → 6%LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $100 → 7%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $13k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $800 → 22%SMILE TRAIN: $250 → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $600 → 17%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $500 → 14%AMVETS: $100 → 11%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CHESTER CTY: $200 → 6%ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FND FOR CHILD: $100 → 7%RIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $800 → 22%SMILE TRAIN: $250 → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $600 → 17%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $300 → 14%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF CHESTER CTY: $200 → 6%LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $50 → 7%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $2k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $600 → 22%SMILE TRAIN: $100 → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $500 → 17%ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $100 → 14%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $2k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $600 → 22%SMILE TRAIN: $100 → 17%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $500 → 17%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $2k → 10%SHRINERS HOSPITAL: $500 → 22%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPIT: $500 → 17%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $2k → 10%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $100 → 22%DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $2k → 10%RIDDLE HOSPITAL CARE FOUNDATION: $700 → 10%RIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%RIDDLE HOSPITAL: $500 → 10%RIDDLE HOSPITAL CARE FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%RIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 12 repeat orgs$30k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
6

Total granted

$87k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+24%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +13%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $13k · revenue +99%
  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • RH
    RIDDLE HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $500
  • AL
    ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND FND FOR CHILD
    one grant, 2021 · $100
  • LS
    LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
    one grant, 2019 · $100 · revenue -16%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
2
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Mila's Miracle Foundation

The mission of mila's miracle foundation is to find and fund paths to a cure for batten and other life-threatening neurological disorders. families in this community have been pivotal in raising the necessary funds and awareness. together,…

Health
6
American Lung Association

The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.

Health
7
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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9
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
10
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation

The lustgarten foundation is the largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research in the world. see schedule o.the lustgarten foundation is boldly leading the way through hope and innovation, turning fear into action through education…

Human Services
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc

Susan g. komen has an unmatched, comprehensive 360-degree approach to fighting breast cancer across all fronts and supporting millions of people in the u.s. and in countries worldwide. we advocate for policies to protect patients, drive…

Health
12
The Jackson Laboratory

The purposes of the laboratory are scientific, medical, charitable, and educational. our mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the biomedical community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL CO: $21,800 · OtherDOMESTIC ABUSE OF DEL COSHRINERS HOSPITAL: $13,300 · OtherSHRINERS HOSPITALRIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherRIDDLE HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSMILE TRAIN INC: $10,700 · OtherSMILE TRAIN INCSALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $10,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INCMARIST COLLEGE TRACK TEAM: $9,140 · OtherMARIST COLLEGE TRACK TEAM+8 more: $3,900 · OtherALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $13,400 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & REL…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,700 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEAR…+2 more: $250 · HealthSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $250 · Arts & CultureAMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $200 · Public Benefit
Other$89,840Health$26,350Arts & Culture$250Public Benefit$200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $13,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $12,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $10,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRACHEL KOHL COMMUNITY LIBRARY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds STATUE OF LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AMVETS NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
  • Who funds RACHEL KOHL COMMUNITY LIBRARY ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Sam Damico Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sam Damico Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 21 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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