Funding search · EIN 236259595 · Bethlehem, PA

Samuels Family Foundation

Name: Samuels Family Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

42
grants reported: $306,010
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $7,505
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

Lower Saucon Twsp Historical Society3 grants · $39,000
Aclu Foundation3 grants · $30,000
American Friends Society3 grants · $30,000
Doctors Without Borders3 grants · $30,000
George School3 grants · $30,000
Bat Conservation International3 grants · $30,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence3 grants · $20,000
Lehigh University Special Collections3 grants · $18,000
Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club3 grants · $15,000
Moravian Archives3 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$115,010

2021

$93,000

2022

$98,000

2023

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$18,000
Lower Saucon Twsp Historical Society · Hellertown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Lower Saucon Twsp Historical Society · Hellertown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Friends Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
George School · Newtown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lehigh University Special Collections · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Friends Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
George School · Newtown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,000
Aclu Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
American Friends Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Bat Conservation International · Austin, TX · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Doctors Without Borders · Hagerstown, MD · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
George School · Newtown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Lower Saucon Twsp Historical Society · Hellertown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$10,000
Planned Parenthood North East Pa · Trexlertown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,010
Caclv (Fbo Second Harvest) · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Allentown Symphony Association · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank - Co Community Action of Lv · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank - Co Community Action of Lv · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Bethlehem Boys and Girls Club · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Funds To Benefit Children and Youth · Allentown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2021
Unrestricted
$5,000
Second Harvest Food Bank - Lv · Allentown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$4,000
Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$4,000
Lehigh University Special Collections · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$4,000
Lehigh University Special Collections · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$4,000
Moravian Archives · Bethlehem, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$2,000
Salvation Army Allentown · Allentown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,000
Salvation Army Allentown · Allentown, PA · 2022
Unrestricted
$2,000
Salvation Army Allentown · Allentown, PA · 2021
Unrestricted
$1,000
Hellertown Historical Society · Hellertown, PA · 2023
Unrestricted

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