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 2023–2025. 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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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
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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