Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation
St Louis, MO · EIN 43-1456258. Reported 180 grants totalling $13.1M to 157 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $5,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $10.0M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $10.3M | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Federation of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $772,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital | St Louis, MO | $360,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Variety the Childrens Charity of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater St Louis | St Louis, MO | $223,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $175,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Louis Univeristy | St Louis, MO | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Concordance Academy | St Louis, MO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Congregation Temple Israel | Creve Couer, MO | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Center Association | St Louis, MO | $45,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Webster Univeristy | St Louis, MO | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Operation Food Search Inc | St Louis, MO | $29,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Louis Area Foodbank Inc | St Louis, MO | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Als Association | St Louis, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Today and Tomorrow Educational Fdn | St Louis, MO | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Webster University | Webster Groves, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America | St Louis, MO | $15,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missouri Historical Society | St Louis, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ort America Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Outreach Inc | St Louis, MO | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| St Louis Symphony Orchestra | St Louis, MO | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Hebrew University | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Heart Association | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Entrepreneurship Start Up Busines Devel Corp | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Horatio Alger Assn of Distinguished Americans Inc | Alexandra, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Family&childrens Services | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Opera Theartre of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ready Readers | St Louis, MO | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fathers Support Center | St Louis, MO | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pedal the Cause | St Louis, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University City Childrens Center | St Louis, MO | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of Heschel Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy | Tallahassee, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Support Community Greater St Louis | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| CASA De La Salud | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for Israel's Tomorrow | Pittsburgh, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Global Foodbanking Network | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memory Care Home Solutions | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Provident Counseling Inc | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Aquarium at Union Station | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Louis Art Museum | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Childrens Hospital Foundation | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Zoo Association | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Lukes Episcopal Presbyterian Hospital | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Family and Childrens Service | St Louis, MO | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forest Park Forever | St Louis, MO | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Sur Land Trust | Monterey, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Room at the Inn | Bridgeton, MO | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Diabetes Asson | St Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Conference for Community and Justice of Metro St Louis | St Louis, MO | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Center Marygrove | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Happens | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mazon a Jewish Response to Hunger | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Repertory Theatre of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rocky Mountain Insititue | Boulder, CO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tzidkat Josef Naphtali | Chesterfield, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alzheimers Disease & Related Disorders Assn | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Louis Science Center Foundation | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Autism Speaks | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Drug Free America Foundation | St Petersburg, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sheldon Arts Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Center of Creative Arts | Univeristy City, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Pediatric Project | St Louis, MO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Focus St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interfaith Residence Dba Doorways | St Louis, MO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Women of Achievement | St Louis, MO | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Public Library Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Israel Friendship League | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Jewish World Services Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Anti Defamation League | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arts and Education Council of Greater St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Caney Creek Community Center Inc | Pippa Passes, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cardinal Glennon Childrens Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Day Care Assn of St Louis Dba United 4 Children | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Committee for Accuracy in the Middle East Reporting in America | Boston, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dance St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elem Youth in Distress in Israel | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feed My People | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flance Management Inc | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of St Louis University Liver Center | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Tsad Kadima | Pleasantville, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand Center | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Home Works Thvp | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Honest Reporting Com Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Logos | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lydia's House | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mathews Dickey Boys and Girls Club | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missouri Energy Care Inc | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Council of Jewish Women | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Ladys Inn | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Little Haven | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies North America | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Respectability | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Shakespeare Festival of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Siteman Cancer Center | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Mens Group Against Cancer | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Regional Puplic Media | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Starkloff Disability Institute | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Caring People | Branson, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Hebrew Temple | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vaad Hoeir of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Winter Opera St Louis | St Louis, MO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sulam | Rockville, MD | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Guardian Angel Settlement Association | St Louis, MO | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girls Incorporated | St Louis, MO | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Childrens Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| A Million Stars Dba College Bound | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | Norhtbrook, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Action Agency of St Louis | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cultural Leadership | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Eli American Friends of the Israel Assn for Child Protection | Merion Station, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yad Lakashish--Lfeline for the Old | Englewood, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Yad Sarah | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of Missouri | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Women's Archive | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lift for Life Academy | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lift for Life Gym | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Bit Foundation | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living Well Foundation | Imperial, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oasis Center | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ranken Jordan Home for Crippled Children | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sharsheret Inc | Teaneck, NJ | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Area Police Chiefs Association | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Jewish Light | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Psychoanalytic Institute | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Teresa and Bridgets Church | St Louis, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voyce | Chesterfield, MO | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids Smart | St Louis, MO | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | Great Neck, NY | $360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Backstopper | St Louis, MO | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Society of Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alliance on Mental Illness St Louis | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art St Louis | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Citizens for Modern Transit | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crown Center | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marian Middle School | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Meds and Food for Kids | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Womens Exchange | St Louis, MO | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Americus, GA | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish National Fund--Karen Kayemeth Leisrael-Inc | New York, NY | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Louis Black Repertory Theatre | St Louis, MO | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prison Performing Arts | St Louis, MO | $150 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buddy Program Inc | Aspen, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gateway Greening Inc | St Louis, MO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Jewish Health | Denver, CO | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
22 of 157 (14%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 8%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital
PARKINSON RESEARCH;PANCREATIC CANCER RESEARCH - Webster Univeristy
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 105 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 145 | $1,738,544 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 27 | $11.2M | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 8 | $120,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% of this one's giving went to organizations in Missouri. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Missouri.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7733 Forsyth Blvd 23, St Louis, MO, 63105. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 43-1456258 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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