Funding search · EIN 351961730 · Greenville, IN

Sam Shine Foundation

Name: Sam Shine Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

42
grants reported: $10.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $50,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Nokuse Education3 grants · $4.5M
The Nature Conservancy3 grants · $1.5M
River Heritage Conservancy3 grants · $1.3M
Sycamore Land Trust1 grant · $931,500
Central Indiana Land Trust3 grants · $530,500
Conservation Law Center3 grants · $420,000
Purdue2 grants · $321,500
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust2 grants · $268,357
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana1 grant · $250,000
Falls of the Ohio Foundation2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$2.8M

2022

$2.2M

2023

$5.5M

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$3.3M
Nokuse Education · Freeport, FL · 2024
General
$1.0M
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$931,500
Sycamore Land Trust · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General
$906,733
Nokuse Education · Freeport, FL · 2022
General
$568,000
River Heritage Conservancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2022
General
$501,045
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
$390,000
River Heritage Conservancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2024
General
$375,000
River Heritage Conservancy · Jeffersonville, IN · 2023
General
$310,298
Nokuse Education · Freeport, FL · 2023
General
$305,500
Central Indiana Land Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$250,000
Community Foundation of Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2024
General
$200,000
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust · Forest City, ME · 2024
General
$200,000
Central Indiana Land Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General
$175,000
Purdue · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
General
$146,500
Purdue · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
General
$140,000
Conservation Law Center · Bloomington, IN · 2024
General
$140,000
Conservation Law Center · Bloomington, IN · 2023
General
$140,000
Conservation Law Center · Bloomington, IN · 2022
General
$68,357
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust · Forest City, ME · 2022
General
$50,000
Indiana Native Plant Society · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$50,000
Falls of the Ohio Foundation · Clarksville, IN · 2023
General
$50,000
Indiana Karst Conservancy · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General
$40,500
Ecosystems Connections Institute · Denver, IN · 2024
General
$40,000
Indiana Land Trust Alliance · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$35,000
Montessori Field School · Mt St Francis, IN · 2024
General
$25,000
Align Southern Indiana · New Albany, IN · 2023
General
$25,000
American Bird Conservancy · Marshall, VA · 2023
General
$25,000
Central Indiana Land Trust · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
General
$25,000
Falls of the Ohio Foundation · Clarksville, IN · 2022
General
$10,125
American Bird Conservancy · Marshall, VA · 2024
General
$10,000
Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation · Jefferson City, MO · 2024
General
$10,000
Wesselman Woods · Evansville, IN · 2024
General
$7,400
Indiana Audubon Society · Connersville, IN · 2024
General
$6,100
Indiana Nongame Wildlife Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
General
$5,945
Habitat Solutions · Columbus, IN · 2023
General
$5,000
Meritime Institute · Norfolk, VA · 2024
General
$1,500
State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management · Bedford, IN · 2024
General
$1,115
Oak Heritage Conservancy · Hanover, IN · 2022
General
$1,000
State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management · Bedford, IN · 2023
General
$1,000
State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management · Bedford, IN · 2022
General
$750
Habitat Solutions · Columbus, IN · 2024
General
$5
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
General

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