Funding search · EIN 136163123 · Columbus, GA

Sam Spiegel Foundation

Name: Sam Spiegel Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

75
grants reported: $3.3M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education social work legal services arts religious medical

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

2 grants matching “opelika” · $16,000

$1,000
Envision Opelika Foundation · Opelika, AL · 2023
Energy/education
$15,000
Envision Opelika Foundation · Opelika, AL · 2022
Energy/education

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

American Israel Cultural3 grants · $1.6M
Southern Law Poverty Center2 grants · $501,000
Hand in Hand Center3 grants · $150,500
Planned Parenthood2 grants · $122,000
Rena'S Promise Foundation3 grants · $115,000
Joint Distribution Committee2 grants · $101,000
Abraham Initiatives1 grant · $100,000
The Abraham Fund1 grant · $80,000
Givat Haviva Educational Foundation1 grant · $80,000
Mati - USA2 grants · $76,500

Giving over time

$845,000

2022

$885,000

2023

$1.5M

2024

$146,500

2025

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$1.3M
American Israel Cultural · New York, NY · 2024
Education
$500,000
Southern Law Poverty Center · Montgomery, AL · 2023
Legal services
$300,000
American Israel Cultural · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$120,000
Planned Parenthood · West Palm Beach, FL · 2023
Medical
$100,000
Abraham Initiatives · New York, NY · 2022
Religious
$100,000
Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$80,000
The Abraham Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$80,000
Givat Haviva Educational Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Education
$75,000
Israel Endowment Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Improve israel
$75,000
Hand in Hand Center · Portland, OR · 2024
Education
$75,000
Hand in Hand Center · Portland, OR · 2022
Education
$75,000
Mati - USA · New York, NY · 2022
Religious
$50,000
Rena'S Promise Foundation · Rehoboth Beach, DE · 2024
Education
$50,000
Roeliff Jansen Community Library · Hillsdale, NY · 2023
Education
$50,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2023
Social work
$50,000
Rena'S Promise Foundation · Rehoboth Beach, DE · 2022
Education
$26,400
Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
Education
$25,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind · Warrington, PA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
Waterorg · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Social work
$25,000
Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind · Warrington, PA · 2022
Charitable
$15,000
Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2025
Education
$15,000
Rena'S Promise Foundation · Rehoboth Beach, DE · 2025
Education
$15,000
Workforce Professionals Training Institute · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$15,000
Envision Opelika Foundation · Opelika, AL · 2022
Energy/education
$15,000
Harvard Hillel · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Education
$10,000
The Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2023
Legal services
$10,000
Wmht - Fm · Troy, NY · 2023
Radio
$10,000
Auburn University Foundation · Auburn, AL · 2022
Education
$6,000
The Little Opera Theatre of Ny · New York, NY · 2025
Education
$5,000
Congregation Rodeph Shalom · New York, NY · 2025
Religious
$3,000
Congregation Rodeph Shalom · New York, NY · 2023
Religious
$2,500
Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2023
Social work
$2,000
American Civil Liberties · New York, NY · 2025
Legal services
$2,000
Ancram Opera House · Ancram, NY · 2025
Arts
$2,000
Barrington Stage Company · Pittsfield, MA · 2025
Arts
$2,000
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$2,000
Citymeals-On-Wheels · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$2,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2025
Health community
$2,000
Planned Parenthood · West Palm Beach, FL · 2025
Medical
$2,000
Waterorg · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Social work
$1,500
City Harvest · New York, NY · 2023
Social work
$1,500
Friends of Givat Haviva · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$1,500
Mati - USA · New York, NY · 2023
Religious
$1,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$1,000
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Scientific activities
$1,000
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln · New York, NY · 2025
Music/education
$1,000
Millerton Community Cinema · Millerton, NY · 2025
Film/education
$1,000
Naacp Legal Defense · New York, NY · 2025
Legal services
$1,000
New York Youth Symphony · New York, NY · 2025
Music/education
$1,000
Physicians for Human Rights · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$1,000
Roeliff Jansen Community Library · Hillsdale, NY · 2025
Education
$1,000
Southern Law Poverty Center · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Legal services
$1,000
The Doe Fund · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$1,000
The Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2025
Legal services
$1,000
Wmht - Fm · Troy, NY · 2025
Radio
$1,000
Workforce Professionals Training Institute · New York, NY · 2025
Education
$1,000
American Civil Liberties · New York, NY · 2023
Legal services
$1,000
American Israel Cultural · New York, NY · 2023
Education
$1,000
Ancram Opera House · Ancram, NY · 2023
Arts
$1,000
Barrington Stage Company · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Arts
$1,000
Csu Foundation · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Education
$1,000
Envision Opelika Foundation · Opelika, AL · 2023
Energy/education
$1,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2023
Health community
$1,000
Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$1,000
Little Opera · New York, NY · 2023
Arts
$1,000
Madlyn & Leonard Abramson Center · North Wales, PA · 2023
Medical
$1,000
Millerton Community Cinema · Millerton, NY · 2023
Film/education
$1,000
Naacp Legal Defense · New York, NY · 2023
Legal services
$1,000
New York Youth Symphony · New York, NY · 2023
Music/education
$1,000
Wqxr Co Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2023
Radio
$500
Arts Ignite · New York, NY · 2025
Social work
$500
Columbia Memorial Health · Hudson, NY · 2025
Medical
$500
Wqxr Co Wnyc Radio · New York, NY · 2025
Radio
$500
Hand in Hand Center · Portland, OR · 2023
Education
$500
Idinsight · San Francisco, CA · 2023
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