Funding search · EIN 656064217 · Dallas, TX
Gordon Samstag Fine Arts Trust
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 11
- grants reported
- $2.0M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $35,809
- 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.
Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error
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.
Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.
Grant history
All 11 reported grants, largest first.
- $533,976
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Grant for funding of visual arts scholarships and administration of same.
- $518,260
University of South Australia · 2025
Unrestricted general
- $491,808
University of South Australia · 2024
Contribution for 2024 Samstag Scholarships.
- $358,660
University of South Australia · 2023
Contribution for 2023 Samstag Scholarships.
- $39,579
Jane Skeer · 2022
Master of Fine Arts at Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK.
- $35,809
Trent Crawford · 2022
Independent Study Programme at Maumaus School of Arts Lisbon Portugal
- $20,401
Marlee McMahon · 2022
Master of Fine Arts, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam The Netherlands
- $20,287
Kate Power · 2022
Master of Fine Arts, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
- $212
Inneke Taalman · 2022
Unconfirmed program of study at unconfirmed institution.
- $212
Lauren Burrow · 2022
Unconfirmed program of study at an unconfirmed institution.
- $212
Samuel Mountford · 2022
Unconfirmed program of study at unconfirmed institution.
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Greater Houston Community Foundation5,612 grants · $873.8M
- The Big 12 Conference50 grants · $1.91B
- Texas Essential Healthcare Partnerships297 grants · $972.3M
Similar grant size
- Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
- Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B
- The Chicago Community Trust14,939 grants · $5.82B
Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.
Search funders like this oneSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.