Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Twila Sampson Family 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.
- $99k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Twila Sampson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $99k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $100k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $100k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $102k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $95k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | $182,500 | 6 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $76,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $67,166 | 6 | 0% |
| Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc | $54,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $49,668 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| San Diego Center for Children | $39,750 | 6 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $37,666 | 4 | 0% |
| Frosted Faces Foundation Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorectal Cancer Alliance | $182,500 | 6 | 0% |
| San Diego Humane Society and Spca | $76,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $67,166 | 6 | 0% |
| Westmoreland County Food Bank Inc | $54,500 | 4 | 0% |
| The DC Central Kitchen Inc | $49,668 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| San Diego Center for Children | $39,750 | 6 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $37,666 | 4 | 0% |
| Frosted Faces Foundation Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank | $17,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Orca Conservancy | $7,750 | 3 | 1% |
| Adopt a Sato | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Twila Sampson Family 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Twila Sampson Family Foundation
- How much does Twila Sampson Family Foundation give?
- Twila Sampson Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $99,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Twila Sampson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (30%), Food & Nutrition (23%), Animals (19%).
- Who are Twila Sampson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Colorectal Cancer Alliance ($183k), San Diego Humane Society and Spca ($76k), Capital Area Food Bank Inc ($67k).
- Does Twila Sampson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Twila Sampson Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Twila Sampson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Twila Sampson Family Foundation based?
- Twila Sampson Family Foundation is based in PA.
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