Funding search · EIN 411694707 · Minneapolis, MN

Samsara 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.

52
grants reported
$840,887
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

violencefoodshelfadvocacydomesticeducationalhomelessjustice

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Top recipients

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  • Missions Inc Home Free Program4 grants · $240,887
  • Nonviolent Peaceforce4 grants · $155,000
  • Connecticut Food Bank4 grants · $85,000
  • We Win4 grants · $80,000
  • Hope Love Option Cmmnty Fndtn of Nw4 grants · $59,000
  • Domestic Abuse Legal Advocacy Cente2 grants · $50,000
  • Ny Times Neediest Cases1 grant · $30,000
  • Interfaith Outreach2 grants · $20,000
  • Icwa Law Center2 grants · $20,000
  • Sunset Hill Ptsa4 grants · $19,000

Giving over time

$206,000
2022
$220,676
2023
$204,211
2024
$210,000
2025

Grant history

All 52 reported grants, largest first.

  • $82,211

    Missions Inc Home Free Program · Plymouth, MN · 2024

    Support for victims of domestic violence

  • $77,676

    Missions Inc Home Free Program · Plymouth, MN · 2023

    Support for victims of domestic violence

  • $46,000

    Missions Inc Home Free Program · Plymouth, MN · 2025

    Support for victims of domestic violence

  • $45,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    End world violence

  • $40,000

    Domestic Abuse Legal Advocacy Cente · St Paul, MN · 2025

    Legal services

  • $40,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    End world violence

  • $40,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    End world violence

  • $35,000

    Missions Inc Home Free Program · Plymouth, MN · 2022

    Support for victims of domestic violence

  • $30,000

    Nonviolent Peaceforce · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    End world violence

  • $30,000

    Ny Times Neediest Cases · New York, NY · 2022

    Human services

  • $25,000

    Connecticut Food Bank · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Food shelf

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Food Bank · New Haven, CT · 2025

    Food shelf

  • $20,000

    Hope Love Option Cmmnty Fndtn of Nw · Torrinton, CT · 2025

    Social justice advocacy

  • $20,000

    We Win · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Food Bank · New Haven, CT · 2024

    Food shelf

  • $20,000

    We Win · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Educational

  • $20,000

    We Win · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Educational

  • $20,000

    Connecticut Food Bank · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Food shelf

  • $20,000

    We Win · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Educational

  • $15,000

    Hope Love Option Cmmnty Fndtn of Nw · Torrinton, CT · 2024

    Social justice advocacy

  • $14,000

    Hope Love Option Cmmnty Fndtn of Nw · Torrinton, CT · 2023

    Social justice advocacy

  • $10,000

    Fiercely Embraced · Plymouth, MN · 2025

    General operating

  • $10,000

    Icwa Law Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    Legal defense

  • $10,000

    Domestic Abuse Legal Advocacy Cente · St Paul, MN · 2024

    Legal services

  • $10,000

    Icwa Law Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Legal defense

  • $10,000

    Interfaith Outreach · Plymouth, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $10,000

    Hope Love Option Cmmnty Fndtn of Nw · Torrinton, CT · 2022

    Social justice advocacy

  • $10,000

    Interfaith Outreach · Plymouth, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $8,000

    Sunset Hill Ptsa · Wayzata, MN · 2025

    General support

  • $8,000

    Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022

    Food shelf

  • $7,000

    University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025

    Food shelf

  • $5,000

    Sunset Hill Ptsa · Wayzata, MN · 2024

    General support

  • $5,000

    Coalition for Homeless · New York, NY · 2023

    Support for the homeless

  • $5,000

    Infants Remembered in Silence · Fairbault, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Sunset Hill Ptsa · Wayzata, MN · 2023

    General support

  • $5,000

    Coalition for Homeless · New York, NY · 2022

    Support for the homeless

  • $5,000

    Infants Remembered in Silence · Fairbault, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood · Washington Dc, DC · 2022

    General operating

  • $5,000

    Wayzata Education Fund · Wayzata, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $4,000

    Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Lotus Outreach · Ojai, CA · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Meals On Wheels · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    General operating

  • $3,000

    Meals On Wheels · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    General operating

  • $2,000

    Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2024

    Food shelf

  • $2,000

    Medicine Lake Fire Department · Medicine Lake, MN · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Plymouth Congregational Church · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Advocating Change Together · St Paul, MN · 2023

    Disability advocacy

  • $1,000

    Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022

    General operating

  • $1,000

    Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Support for the homeless

  • $1,000

    St Stephens · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Support the homeless

  • $1,000

    Sunset Hill Ptsa · Wayzata, MN · 2022

    General support

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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.