Funding search · EIN 461562521 · Sarasota, FL

Dona & Sam Scott Foundation

Name: Dona & Sam Scott Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

60
grants reported: $2.1M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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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.

Westcoast Black Theater Troupe3 grants · $560,000
After School Matters5 grants · $320,000
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation3 grants · $315,850
Ringling College of Art & Design5 grants · $182,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troup2 grants · $160,000
All Faiths Food Bank4 grants · $111,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs2 grants · $110,000
Xs Tennis Education & Foundation1 grant · $50,000
Sarasota Art Museum4 grants · $47,500
Gamma Xi Boule Foundation2 grants · $42,000

Giving over time

$399,000

2021

$344,250

2022

$385,000

2023

$389,850

2024

$609,500

2025

Grant history

All 60 reported grants, largest first.

$280,000
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$205,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troupe · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$195,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troupe · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$160,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troupe · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$150,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$125,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$85,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troup · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$75,000
Westcoast Black Theater Troup · Sarasota, FL · 2021
General
$60,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$50,000
Chicago Council On Global Affairs · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$50,000
Xs Tennis Education & Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2021
General
$42,500
Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$39,000
Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$39,000
Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$36,500
Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$30,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$30,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$30,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2021
General
$26,000
Gamma Xi Boule Foundation · Bradenton, FL · 2023
General
$25,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$25,000
Ringling College of Art & Design · Sarasota, FL · 2021
General
$23,350
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$21,000
All Faiths Food Bank · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$20,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$19,000
Van Wezel Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2021
General
$16,000
Sparcc Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$16,000
Gamma Xi Boule Foundation · Bradenton, FL · 2022
General
$15,000
American Business Immigration Coalition (Abic) · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$15,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General
$15,000
American Business Immigration Coalition (Abic) · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Education Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$12,500
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$10,000
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$10,000
Project Pride · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$10,000
After School Matters · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Education Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Van Wezel Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$10,000
Black Ensemble Theater · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$10,000
Van Wezel Foundation · Sarasota, FL · 2022
General
$7,500
Sarasota Art Museum · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$5,000
Education Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2025
General
$5,000
Education Foundation of Sarasota County · Sarasota, FL · 2024
General
$5,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2023
General
$3,000
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2025
General
$2,500
Naacp · Baltimore, MD · 2025
General
$2,500
The Hermitage Artist Retreat · Englewood, FL · 2024
General
$2,500
Asolo Theatre · Sarasota, FL · 2023
General
$2,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General
$2,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$2,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$1,250
American Jewish Committee · New York, NY · 2022
General
$1,000
Visible Men Academy · Bradenton, FL · 2022
General
$500
Assoc for the Study of African-American Life and History (Asalh) · Washington, DC · 2024
General

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