Funding search · EIN 202742189 · Burnsville, NC

Samara Fund

Name: Samara Fund 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.

174
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

Wellness in the Schools5 grants · $169,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons5 grants · $134,000
Two Titmice Foundation5 grants · $83,000
The Miami Foundation5 grants · $67,000
Gulliver Preparatory School5 grants · $57,000
Designs From the Heart5 grants · $56,000
The Island School5 grants · $52,000
The Harlem Jets5 grants · $47,500
Exceptional Educ Outreach5 grants · $46,000
Path5 grants · $46,000

Giving over time

$254,500

2021

$224,000

2022

$219,500

2023

$228,000

2024

$249,500

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 174 grants.

$38,000
Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purposes
$36,000
Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2021
General charitable purposes
$34,000
Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$31,000
Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$30,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons · Asheville, NC · 2025
General charitable purposes
$30,000
Wellness in the Schools · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$29,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons · Asheville, NC · 2021
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons · Asheville, NC · 2023
General charitable purposes
$25,000
Southern Appalachian Highlands Cons · Asheville, NC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$23,000
Two Titmice Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$21,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$17,000
Gulliver Preparatory School · Miami, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$17,000
Gulliver Preparatory School · Miami, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Two Titmice Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Two Titmice Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Two Titmice Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$15,000
Two Titmice Foundation · Ponte Vedra Beach, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$14,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$14,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$14,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$13,000
Designs From the Heart · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Designs From the Heart · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$12,000
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2025
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2024
General charitable purposes
$12,000
Gulliver Preparatory School · Miami, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$12,000
The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$11,000
Designs From the Heart · Jacksonville, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Harlem Jets · New York, NY · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Community Housing Coalition of Madi · Marshall, NC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Designs From the Heart · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Harlem Jets · New York, NY · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Harlem Jets · New York, NY · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Exceptional Educ Outreach · Miami, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Path · Miami, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Harlem Jets · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Designs From the Heart · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Exceptional Educ Outreach · Miami, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Path · Miami, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Peace of Heart Community · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
The Island School · Boca Grande, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$10,000
Urban Paradise Guild · Miami, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$9,500
Madison County Community Learning C · Hot Springs, NC · 2025
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Exceptional Educ Outreach · Miami, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Path · Miami, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Urban Paradise Guild · Miami, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Exceptional Educ Outreach · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Gulliver Preparatory School · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Path · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Urban Paradise Guild · Miami, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$9,000
Urban Paradise Guild · Miami, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$8,500
Earth Education Project Fbo Xtra Or · 2021
General charitable purposes
$8,000
Exceptional Educ Outreach · Miami, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$8,000
Path · Miami, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$8,000
Urban Paradise Guild · Miami, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$7,500
The Harlem Jets · New York, NY · 2021
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Global Empowerment Mission · Doral, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper · Coral Gables, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$7,000
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Community Housing Coalition of Madi · Marshall, NC · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Educate Tomorrow Corp · Miami Beach, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Groundwork Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Reconciliation House · Webster, MA · 2025
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Educate Tomorrow Corp · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Madison County Community Learning C · Hot Springs, NC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Reconciliation House · Webster, MA · 2024
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Brothers & Sisters of Israel · Wynnewood, PA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Down Syndrome Assoc of Jacksonville · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Madison County Community Learning C · Hot Springs, NC · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Miami Water Keepers · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Mountaintrue · Asheville, NC · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Reconciliation House · Webster, MA · 2023
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Madison County Community Learning C · Hot Springs, NC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Reconciliation House · Webster, MA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Bryant University · Smithfield, RI · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Central Asia Institute · Bozeman, MT · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Madison County Community Learning C · Hot Springs, NC · 2021
General charitable purposes
$5,000
Reconciliation House · Webster, MA · 2021
General charitable purposes
$4,000
About the Animals Corp · Biscayne Park, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Friends of the Everglades · Stuart, FL · 2025
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4,000
The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2023
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Altapass Foundation · Little Switzerland, NC · 2021
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Dance Now Ensemble · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
General charitable purposes
$4,000
Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Elimu Foundation · 2025
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Beaches Area Historical Society · Jacksonville Beach, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Black Mountain College Museum · Asheville, NC · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Elimu Foundation · 2024
General charitable purposes
$3,000
Global Empowerment Mission · Doral, FL · 2024
General charitable purposes

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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.