Funding search · EIN 474574159 · Highland Park, IL

Sam I Am Foundation

Name: Sam I Am Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

79
grants reported: $2.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
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

boston marathon opperating sponsorship

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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.

Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation4 grants · $950,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago1 grant · $200,000
Jewish United Fund1 grant · $137,018
Friends of the Idf4 grants · $118,000
North Shore Congregation Israel4 grants · $115,660
Highland Park Peace Project1 grant · $100,000
Anti Defamation League4 grants · $80,500
United States Holocaust Memorial Council3 grants · $45,248
National Kidney Foundation3 grants · $30,000
Am Shalom1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$443,192

2022

$448,345

2023

$506,533

2024

$565,653

2025

Grant history

All 79 reported grants, largest first.

$350,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$200,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$200,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$137,018
Jewish United Fund · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$100,000
Highland Park Peace Project · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General operating support
$100,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$38,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$38,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$30,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$29,340
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General operating support
$29,145
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General operating support
$28,720
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2023
General operating support
$28,455
North Shore Congregation Israel · Glencoe, IL · 2022
General operating support
$25,000
Am Shalom · Glencoe, IL · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$25,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$20,000
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$15,216
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$15,144
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$15,068
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating support
$15,036
United States Holocaust Memorial Council · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$12,000
Friends of the Idf · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$10,500
Anti Defamation League · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$10,384
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
National Kidney Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$10,000
National Kidney Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
National Kidney Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$10,000
The Ark · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$6,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$6,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$6,000
Birthright Israel Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$6,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,750
Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$5,000
Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$5,000
Charles M Schwartz Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$5,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society · New York, NY · 2022
General operating support
$2,636
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$2,500
Institute of Soil and Soul · Long Grove, IL · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Israel Cancer Research Fund · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$2,500
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,980
Helping Hands Network · Northbrook, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,849
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2025
General operating support
$1,800
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$1,800
The Giving Back Fund · Boston, MA · 2025
General operating support
$1,800
American Friends of Alyn Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Chicago Police Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Loyola Medicine Transport Llc · Maywood, IL · 2024
General operating support
$1,000
Highland Park Community Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$1,000
Erikson Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$1,000
Jewish Community Center of Chicago · Northbrook, IL · 2022
General operating support
$600
The Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$500
Givengain Foundation USA · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2025
General operating support
$382
American Friends of Sheba Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$360
Jac Education Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2025
General operating support
$307
The Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$250
The Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$250
Jac Education Foundation · Highland Park, IL · 2023
General opperating support
$200
Medically Induced Suicide Ed Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$191
Sunrise Day Camps Association · Oceanside, NY · 2023
General operating support
$158
Boston Medical Center · Boston, MA · 2023
Boston marathon sponsorship
$156
The Chicago Lighthouse · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$150
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
General operating support
$150
Keshet · Northbrook, IL · 2024
General operating support
$103
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General operating support
$100
Another Step · Orangeburg, NY · 2025
General operating support
$100
Melanoma Research Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support
$75
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$50
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Washington, DC · 2025
General operating 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.