Funding search · EIN 883669355 · Wilmington, DE

The Sammann Family 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.

53
grants reported
$471,330
total given
2023–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20232025. 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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Top recipients

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  • North Suburban Evangelical Free Church5 grants · $188,000
  • Feed My Starving Children5 grants · $120,000
  • Samaritans Purse4 grants · $32,500
  • The Salvation Army2 grants · $25,000
  • Casa Lake County3 grants · $24,280
  • Greater Chicago Food Depository2 grants · $15,000
  • American National Red Cross3 grants · $12,500
  • United Way of Lake County2 grants · $10,000
  • The Anvil Lake Association Incorporated2 grants · $5,000
  • K-Love1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$30,000
2023
$208,650
2024
$232,680
2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

  • $72,000

    North Suburban Evangelical Free Church · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $66,000

    North Suburban Evangelical Free Church · Deerfield, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $60,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2024

    gala and Hope Filled Holidays

  • $35,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2025

    to support the Illinois gala & to support Illinois Hope Filled Holidays

  • $30,000

    North Suburban Evangelical Free Church · Deerfield, IL · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2025

    Allocated to the North Suburban Church Mobile Pack

  • $12,730

    Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025

    to support disaster relief overseas and not in the US

  • $12,500

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $12,500

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024

    International Disaster Relief

  • $12,500

    The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2024

    To be used to alleviate hunger and homelessness in Chicago and to provide social services for families

  • $10,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    North Suburban Evangelical Free Church · Deerfield, IL · 2025

    For Project Share

  • $10,000

    Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    North Suburban Evangelical Free Church · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    These funds are only to be used for Project Share

  • $8,000

    American National Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Hurricane Helene

  • $5,000

    Build Incorporated · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2025

    Charitable Event

  • $5,000

    Feed My Starving Children · Coon Rapids, MN · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    K-Love · Franklin, TN · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025

    For Texas Flood Relief: Texas Flash Flood Relief

  • $5,000

    United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    United Way of Lake County · Gurnee, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    American National Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2025

    Alaska's Storms and Floods Relief

  • $2,500

    Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Carol Stream, IL · 2025

    Charitable Event

  • $2,500

    Capital Area Food Bank · Washington, DC · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Care and Share · Colorado Spgs, CO · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Music of the Baroque Concert Series · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Safe Families for Children Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2025

    For Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa

  • $2,500

    The Anvil Lake Association Incorporated · Eagle River, WI · 2025

    for EWM management

  • $2,500

    Safe Families for Children Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,500

    The Anvil Lake Association Incorporated · Eagle River, WI · 2024

    For EWM management.

  • $2,400

    Childrens Relief International · Rockwall, TX · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $2,000

    American National Red Cross · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Hurricane Milton Relief

  • $1,550

    Casa Lake County · Vernon Hills, IL · 2024

    Donations pledged at the CASA gala

  • $1,200

    Childrens Relief International · Rockwall, TX · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2025

    for the Jesus Film Project

  • $1,000

    Civic Leadership Foundation · Northbrook, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Impact Ao Foundation · Excelsior, MN · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Skokie Country Club Educational Foundation · Glencoe, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Wycliffe Bible Translators · Orlando, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Young Life · Boone, IA · 2025

    for Young Life North Shore, Program IL

  • $1,000

    Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2024

    To support The Jesus Film Project.

  • $1,000

    Impact Ao Foundation · Excelsior, MN · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    Prairie State Legal Services · Rockford, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    Saving Tiny Hearts Society · Buffalo Grove, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    The Foundation United · Sarasota, FL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $500

    Campus Crusade for Christ · Orlando, FL · 2024

    Jesus Film Project relief efforts in lebanon

  • $250

    Orphans of the Storm · Deerfield, IL · 2025

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100

    Family Service Center of Wilmette Glenview Northbr · Northfield, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100

    Orphans of the Storm · Deerfield, IL · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

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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.