Funding search · EIN 911641746 · Seattle, WA

Samis Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

222
grants reported
$23.3M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$18,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Northwest Yeshiva High School3 grants · $4.0M
  • Seattle Hebrew Academy3 grants · $3.7M
  • Jewish Day School3 grants · $2.7M
  • Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder3 grants · $2.1M
  • Seattle Jewish Community School3 grants · $2.0M
  • Pef Israel Endowment Funds3 grants · $1.6M
  • Torah Day School3 grants · $1.1M
  • Nli USA3 grants · $1.0M
  • American Jewish Joint Distribution2 grants · $470,000
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle3 grants · $440,562

Giving over time

$7.0M
2022
$8.0M
2023
$8.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 222 grants.

  • $1.6M

    Northwest Yeshiva High School · Mercer Island, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $1.5M

    Seattle Hebrew Academy · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $1.4M

    Seattle Hebrew Academy · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $1.2M

    Northwest Yeshiva High School · Mercer Island, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $1.1M

    Northwest Yeshiva High School · Mercer Island, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $1.0M

    Jewish Day School · Bellevue, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $997,195

    Jewish Day School · Bellevue, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $861,189

    Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $850,852

    Seattle Hebrew Academy · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $805,550

    Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $766,000

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $764,825

    Seattle Jewish Community School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $734,862

    Seattle Jewish Community School · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $659,442

    Jewish Day School · Bellevue, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $546,545

    Torah Day School · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $509,648

    Seattle Jewish Community School · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $500,000

    Nli USA · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $466,158

    Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $416,980

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $388,680

    Pef Israel Endowment Funds · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $377,849

    Torah Day School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $290,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $250,000

    Nli USA · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $250,000

    Nli USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $200,000

    Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $182,913

    Torah Day School · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $181,442

    Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $180,000

    American Jewish Joint Distribution · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $170,770

    Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $158,000

    Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $147,500

    Jewish National Fund · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $115,816

    Sephardic Adventure Camp · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $100,000

    Israel Nature & Heritage of America · Washington, DC · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $94,535

    Derech Emunah · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $90,500

    Camp Solomon Schechter · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $88,366

    Sephardic Adventure Camp · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $88,350

    Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $85,060

    Union for Reform Judaism - Camp Kalsman · Kirkland, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $81,180

    Camp Solomon Schechter · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $81,000

    Urj Camp Kalsman · Bellevue, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $65,000

    Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $65,000

    The Harold Grinspoon Foundation · Agawam, MA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $65,000

    American Friends of Ogen · University Heights, OH · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $60,000

    Jewish Federation of North America · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $60,000

    The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $60,000

    American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $60,000

    Impactisrael · Bethesda, MD · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $50,000

    American Friends of Nefesh B'Nefesh · Paramus, NJ · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $50,000

    Amit Children · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $50,000

    Friends of Bshvil Hamachar · Cary, NC · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $50,000

    Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $50,000

    Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $49,209

    M2 Institue for Experiential Jewish Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $49,209

    The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $47,000

    West Coast Ncsy · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $40,000

    American Friends of Ogen · University Heights, OH · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $40,000

    American Yedidim · Miami Beach, FL · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $36,000

    Jewish Family Service · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $35,000

    American Friends of Sami Shamoon College of Engineering · Secaucus, NJ · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $35,000

    American Friends of Leket Israel Total · Teaneck, NJ · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $34,500

    Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,841

    The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    Impact Israel · Needham, MA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    Giving Group Community · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    Impactisrael · Bethesda, MD · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    The Jewish Education Project · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $30,000

    Urj Heller High · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $29,500

    Congregation Beth Shalom · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $29,000

    Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $27,900

    Congregation Beth Shalom · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $27,620

    Congregation Beth Shalom · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $26,000

    West Coast Ncsy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $26,000

    Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    Friends of the Jerusalem College of Technology · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    Mati USA · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    American Friends of Natal · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    American Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $25,000

    Israaid US · Palo Alto, CA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $24,000

    Holocaust Center for Humanity · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $23,000

    Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $23,000

    West Coast Ncsy · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $22,500

    Urj Heller High · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $22,000

    Congregation Beth Israel · Bellingham, WA · 2022

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    American Yedidim · Miami Beach, FL · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Congregation Beth Israel · Bellingham, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Eastside Torah Center · Bellevue, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Israel American Council · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Prizmah Center for Jewish Day School · New York, NY · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Temple Beth Hatfiloh · Olympia, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Temple De Hirsch Sinai · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    American Friends of Sami Shamoon College of Engineering · Secaucus, NJ · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    American Yedidim · Miami Beach, FL · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Congregation Beth Israel · Bellingham, WA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Foundation for Jewish Camp · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Israel American Council Seattle · Woodland Hills, CA · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Jewish Funders Network · New York, NY · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

  • $20,000

    Kav L'Noar Foundation · Passaic, NJ · 2023

    Educational & humanitarian

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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.