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The Lightner Sams Foundation

Name: The Lightner Sams 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.

130
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

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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.

Top recipients

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

Legacy Counseling Center5 grants · $92,500
Solar Car Challenge Foundation7 grants · $89,250
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy4 grants · $85,000
Judis House4 grants · $85,000
Dallas Casa4 grants · $85,000
Morgan Adams Foundation4 grants · $75,000
Resource Center of Dallas4 grants · $75,000
Metro Crisis Services3 grants · $65,000
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo4 grants · $60,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation5 grants · $60,000

Giving over time

$435,570

2022

$455,500

2023

$426,400

2024

$470,889

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 130 grants.

$30,000
Legacy Counseling Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Technology Needs fund
$30,000
Legacy Counseling Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Technology Initiative
$25,320
Fountain Valley School of Colorado · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2022
Equipment for Student-Run Broadcasting Program
$25,000
Judis House · Aurora, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy · Argyle, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Valley Zoological Society Chartered May 1968 · Brownsville, TX · 2025
Mundo Huasteco y Totonaco project
$25,000
Dallas Casa · Dallas, TX · 2024
Court-appointed volunteers program
$25,000
Morgan Adams Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024
Pediatric Cancer Research Projects
$25,000
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy · Argyle, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Solar Car Challenge Foundation · Plano, TX · 2024
Summer Intern Program
$25,000
Camille Players · Brownsville, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Metro Crisis Services · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Solar Car Challenge Foundation · Plano, TX · 2023
Intern Program
$25,000
Valley Zoological Society Chartered May 1968 · Brownsville, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
American National Red Cross - Dallas Forth Worth M · Dallas, TX · 2022
Disaster Relief fund
$20,000
Dallas Casa · Dallas, TX · 2025
Volunteer training program
$20,000
Dallas Pets Alive · Dallas, TX · 2025
Dogs Matter fund
$20,000
Genesis Womens Shelter & Support · Dallas, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Metro Crisis Services · Denver, CO · 2025
Caring Connect fund
$20,000
Morgan Adams Foundation · Denver, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Health and Wellness Programs
$20,000
Judis House · Aurora, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
HIV Dental Health Program
$20,000
Dallas Casa · Dallas, TX · 2023
Volunteer Training
$20,000
Judis House · Aurora, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Second Wind Fund · Denver, CO · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Dallas Casa · Dallas, TX · 2022
Advocate Training Program
$20,000
Judis House · Aurora, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Metro Crisis Services · Denver, CO · 2022
The Hospital Follow Up Program
$20,000
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy · Argyle, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$20,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2022
Dental Program
$20,000
Solar Car Challenge Foundation · Plano, TX · 2022
Summer Intern Program
$20,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2022
Scholarship Fund
$15,000
Amys Friends · Dallas, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Meals On Wheels Collin County · McKinney, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
WHO Program
$15,000
Mosaic Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2025
Counseling Program
$15,000
Sky Ranches · Van, TX · 2025
Scholarship fund
$15,000
Sky Ranches · Van, TX · 2025
Cabin Remodel Project
$15,000
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo · Dallas, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Transition Resource Action Center · Dallas, TX · 2025
Care Kits Program
$15,000
Amys Friends · Dallas, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Genesis Womens Shelter & Support · Dallas, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Healing Hands Ministries · Dallas, TX · 2024
Pediatric Mobile Clinic
$15,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2024
Enhanced Training and Education: The Thinking Outside the box workshop
$15,000
Second Wind Fund · Denver, CO · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo · Dallas, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
AIDS Interfaith Network · Dallas, TX · 2023
Daire Meals Program
$15,000
Brain Injury Network of Dallas · Plano, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
The Behavioral Health Integration and Guidance
$15,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2023
Mental Health Services at the Rees-Jones Center for foster care excellence
$15,000
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical · Dallas, TX · 2023
STEM programing for Rory Myers Children's Adventure Garden
$15,000
Fountain Valley School of Colorado · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2023
to purchase Telescopes, Sound and Lighting board and for the robotics program
$15,000
Morgan Adams Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Pediatric Cancer Research
$15,000
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy · Argyle, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Resource Center of Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2023
Behavioral Health Program
$15,000
Sky Ranches · Van, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo · Dallas, TX · 2023
Partnerships for Accessible Counseling and Training program
$15,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2023
Gaylord Reservoir Accessibility Project
$15,000
Ymca of the Rockies · Estes Park, CO · 2023
Scholarship Fund
$15,000
AIDS Interfaith Network · Dallas, TX · 2022
Meals and Daire Wellness Center
$15,000
Essilor Vision Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2022
Kids Vision for Life
$15,000
Morgan Adams Foundation · Denver, CO · 2022
Pediatric, adolescent and young adult research project to benefit the neurofibromatosis patient population
$15,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
Second Wind Fund · Denver, CO · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$15,000
The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo · Dallas, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$12,000
United To Learn · Dallas, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$11,500
Legacy Counseling Center · Dallas, TX · 2022
Technology fund
$11,000
Legacy Counseling Center · Dallas, TX · 2023
Technology fund
$10,389
Health Services of North Texas · Denton, TX · 2025
for the purchase of Two new refrigerators for vaccine storage and six wifi-enabled data loggers
$10,000
Ascend Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Nurse Family Partnership fund
$10,000
Brain Injury Network of Dallas · Plano, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2025
Mental Health Services at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster care excellence
$10,000
Health Services of North Texas · Denton, TX · 2025
for Supporting medical visits for uninsured children
$10,000
Patriot Paws Service Dogs · Rockwall, TX · 2025
Pet for a Vet 2025 Campaign
$10,000
Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Beat The Heat Project
$10,000
Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2025
Teens Can Survive Program
$10,000
Ascend Dallas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Nurse-Family Partnership Program
$10,000
Brain Injury Network of Dallas · Plano, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Camille Players · Brownsville, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
Mental Health Services at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care excellence
$10,000
Childrens Medical Center Foundation · Dallas, TX · 2024
The Behavioral Health Integration and Guidance Initiative
$10,000
Health Services of North Texas · Denton, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Legacy Counseling Center · Dallas, TX · 2024
Technology and Infrastructure fund
$10,000
Mosaic Family Services · Dallas, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Rise Adventures · Irving, TX · 2024
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Sky Ranches · Van, TX · 2024
Scholarship Fund
$10,000
Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas · Dallas, TX · 2024
Teens Can Survive Program
$10,000
After-School All-Stars · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
DISD/Spence Middle School after school programming
$10,000
Dogs Matter · Dallas, TX · 2023
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Family Gateway · Dallas, TX · 2023
Mobile Crisis Response Team
$10,000
Rise Adventures · Irving, TX · 2023
New Dock System
$10,000
Women in Need of Generous Support · Dallas, TX · 2023
Nurse-Family Partnership
$10,000
Brain Injury Network of Dallas · Plano, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Family Compass · Dallas, TX · 2022
Connecting Children and Fathers Project
$10,000
North Texas Food Bank · Plano, TX · 2022
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Rise Adventures · Irving, TX · 2022
Sports equipment fund

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