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Sahm Family Foundation

Name: Sahm Family 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.

161
grants reported: $9.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $40,000
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

museum nasher

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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.

San Diego Seniors Community Foundation4 grants · $1.6M
Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego3 grants · $825,000
Idaho Basecampinc2 grants · $650,000
Outdoor Outreach4 grants · $365,000
Flourish Foundation4 grants · $360,000
Marjaree Mason Center4 grants · $300,000
Idaho Basecamp1 grant · $300,000
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diegosd Art Institute4 grants · $240,000
Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center4 grants · $235,000
Thunder Dragon Fund3 grants · $230,000

Giving over time

$2.9M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$1.7M

2024

$2.5M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 161 grants.

$500,000
Idaho Basecampinc · Ketchum, ID · 2025
General support
$500,000
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$475,000
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$350,000
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$300,000
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$300,000
Idaho Basecamp · Ketchum, ID · 2022
General support
$275,000
Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2025
General support
$275,000
Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
General support
$275,000
Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
General support
$150,000
Idaho Basecampinc · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General support
$110,000
Flourish Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2022
General support
$100,000
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diegosd Art Institute · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Outdoor Outreach · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$100,000
Thunder Dragon Fund · Ketchum, ID · 2025
General support
$100,000
Thunder Dragon Fund · Ketchum, ID · 2024
General support
$100,000
Flourish Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General support
$100,000
Marjaree Mason Center · Fresno, CA · 2023
General support
$100,000
Marjaree Mason Center · Fresno, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Outdoor Outreach · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$100,000
Ymca of San Diego County · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$90,000
Outdoor Outreach · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$75,000
Flourish Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2025
General support
$75,000
Flourish Foundation · Ketchum, ID · 2024
General support
$75,000
Outdoor Outreach · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$75,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$75,000
Resiliency Center of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2022
General support
$70,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$65,000
Far and Wise · Hailey, ID · 2025
General support
$60,000
The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2025
General support
$60,000
Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$60,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2022
General support
$60,000
I Have a Dream Foundation · Hailey, ID · 2022
General support
$55,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$54,000
Far and Wise · Hailey, ID · 2024
General support
$54,000
Far and Wise · Hailey, ID · 2023
General support
$50,425
The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2022
General support
$50,000
Marjaree Mason Center · Fresno, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Oncology and Kids · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
The First Tee of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2025
General support
$50,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2024
General support
$50,000
Marjaree Mason Center · Fresno, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Pro Kids Golf Academy & Learning Center · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2024
General support
$50,000
The First Tee of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2024
General support
$50,000
The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2024
General support
$50,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2023
General support
$50,000
Resiliency Center of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2023
General support
$50,000
The First Tee of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2023
General support
$50,000
The Senior Connection · Hailey, ID · 2023
General support
$50,000
Community Music Center · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center · Durham, NC · 2022
General support
$50,000
Grammar Mechanics Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General support
$50,000
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diegosd Art Institute · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Meals On Wheels · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Piedmont Family Ymca · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Rockfish Valley Community Center · Nellysford, VA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2022
General support
$50,000
The First Tee of Fresno · Fresno, CA · 2022
General support
$49,800
Pure Hope Foundation · Mount Vernon, TX · 2022
General support
$49,550
Ocean Institute · Dana Point, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Coast Guard Foundation · Stonington, CT · 2025
General support
$45,000
Meals On Wheels · San Diego, CA · 2025
General support
$45,000
Special Operations Warrior Foundation · Tampa, FL · 2025
General support
$45,000
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diegosd Art Institute · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$45,000
Meals On Wheels · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$45,000
Voices for Children · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$45,000
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diegosd Art Institute · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Meals On Wheels · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$45,000
Oncology and Kids · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2025
Nasher museum of art
$40,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2024
Nasher museum of art
$40,000
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center · Durham, NC · 2024
General support
$40,000
Oncology and Kids · San Diego, CA · 2024
General support
$40,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
Nasher museum of art
$40,000
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center · Durham, NC · 2023
General support
$40,000
Oncology and Kids · San Diego, CA · 2023
General support
$40,000
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2022
Nasher museum of art
$40,000
Museum of Photographic Arts · San Diego, CA · 2022
General support
$40,000
Swiftsure Ranch · Bellevue, ID · 2022
General support
$35,000
Emily Krzyzewski Family Life Center · Durham, NC · 2025
General support
$35,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2022
General support
$32,200
Sun Valley Museum of Art · Sun Valley, ID · 2024
General support
$30,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2025
General support
$30,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2024
General support
$30,000
International Community Foundation · National City, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Pure Hope Foundation · Mount Vernon, TX · 2023
General support
$30,000
The Huntington Library · San Marino, CA · 2023
General support
$30,000
Thunder Dragon Fund · Ketchum, ID · 2023
General support
$30,000
Boys and Girls Club of Vista · Vista, CA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Vista · Vista, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
Outdoors Empowered Network · San Francisco, CA · 2025
General support
$25,000
The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence · Hailey, ID · 2025
General support
$25,000
The Children'S Museum of Discovery · Escondido, CA · 2025
General support

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Source: 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.