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The Samowitz Foundation at a glance

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The Samowitz Foundation

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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2021
34
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$180k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0179% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$485kAnimals$215kEducation$193kCivil Rights$165kPhilanthropy$160kHuman Services$145kInternational$125kArts & Culture$108kOther$0
02FY2021 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $1,737,628, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,009,628 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $272,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k4 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $447k
  • $50k–250k13 grants · $1.3M
$30,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St. Jude's Children's Hospital$180,000
Sarasota Manatee Jewish Federation$135,000
Jewish National Fund$125,000
Simon Wiesenthal Center$125,000
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev$125,000
Amerian Committee for the Weizman Institiute of Science$100,000
Best Friends Animal Society$85,000
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council$80,000
North Shore Animal Rescue League$75,000
Jewish Family & Children's Services$70,000
Shriner's Hospital for Children$60,000
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$60,000
The Salvation Army$50,000
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center$49,814
American Cancer Society$45,000
02Its 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 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
7
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
8
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
9
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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10
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
11
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Goodwill Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St. Jude's Children's Hospital: $180,000 · OtherSt. Jude's Children's HospitalBen-Gurion University of the Negev: $125,000 · OtherBen-Gurion University of the NegevAmerian Committee for the Weizman Institiute of Science: $100,000 · OtherAmerian Committee for the Weizman Institiute of ScienceU.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: $80,000 · OtherU.S. Holocaust Memorial CouncilNorth Shore Animal Rescue League: $75,000 · OtherNorth Shore Animal Rescue LeagueJewish Family & Children's Services: $70,000 · OtherJewish Family & Children's ServicesThe Salvation Army: $50,000 · OtherAmerican Friends of Sheba Medical Center: $49,814 · OtherANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $40,000 · Other+13 more: $193,000 · Other+13 moreTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $60,000 · HealthTHE CHILDREN…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $45,000 · HealthAMERICAN CAN…SARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · HealthSARASOTA MEM…THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $135,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH…FEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyFEDERATION…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIE…ASOLO THEATRE INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureASOLO THE…JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $125,000 · InternationalBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $85,000 · AnimalsBERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $29,814 · Education
Other$962,814Health$195,000Philanthropy$160,000Arts & Culture$150,000International$125,000Animals$85,000Education$59,814

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 budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SARASOTA-MANATEE INC: $135,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $85,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARASOTA MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $29,814 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASOLO THEATRE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFEDERATION OF PROTESTANT WELFARE AGENCIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gorilla Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGOODWILL FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetSARASOTA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

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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.

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 34 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.3M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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