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The H Glenn Sample JR MD Memorial Fund

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 91-6453143. Reported 80 grants totalling $1,038,972 to 78 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$1,038,972granted, 2021-2024
78organizations funded
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,833,367assets, latest filing

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. The H Glenn Sample JR MD Memorial Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,026 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,465 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
4 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
18 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
51 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Kennedy Krieger Foundation IncBaltimore, MD$50,000112021
VitalantPittsburgh, PA$40,000112021
Inc CASA of Lancaster and LebanoLancaster, PA$30,000222024
Beverlys BirthdaysN Huntingdon, PA$25,000112023
Clearfield HospitalClearfield, PA$25,000112021
One Day to RememberPittsburgh, PA$25,000112022
The Henry ClayLouisville, KY$25,000112022
Women's Center & Shelter of Greater PghPittsburgh, PA$25,000112024
York County Food BankYork, PA$25,000222023
Vision to LearnLos Angeles, CA$22,500112022
Technical Assistance Partnership of ArizonaPhoenix, AZ$22,069112021
Trustees of the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA$21,000112021
Upmc Children's Hospital of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$20,248112022
Bradley CenterPittsburgh, PA$20,000112021
Travelers Aid Society of PittsbuPittsburgh, PA$20,000112022
Water Street MinistriesLancaster, PA$20,000112023
Lending HeartsPittsburgh, PA$17,420112022
A Call to Care IncPittsburgh, PA$15,000112023
Catholic Charities Health Care Center IncPittsburgh, PA$15,000112021
Cray Youth and Family Services IncNew Castle, PA$15,000112023
Jewish Federation of Greater PhilPhiladelphia, PA$15,000112024
Off the Floor PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$15,000112022
Pennslyvania Women WorkPittsburgh, PA$15,000112024
Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early RecoveryPittsburgh, PA$15,000112024
Pottstown Area Senior CenterPottstown, PA$15,000112024
Penna Association for the Blind ChesterCoatesville, PA$15,000112023
Pittsburgh Hardball Academy IncPittsburgh, PA$15,000112023
Prima Arts IncLancaster, PA$15,000112023
Support Center for Child AdvocatesPhiladelphia, PA$15,000112022
The Salvation ArmyWilmington, DE$15,000112022
The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's HealthPittsburgh, PA$14,000112022
Loft Community PartnershipMillersville, PA$12,500112024
James Dick Foundation for the Performing ArtsRound Top, TX$12,000112023
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, DC$12,000112023
Christian Laymans CorpsGreensburg, PA$10,353112023
Alder Health Services IncHarrisburg, PA$10,000112023
Arizona Pet ProjectPhoenix, AZ$10,000112023
Books in Homes IncBristol, PA$10,000112024
C R Jrs Chip Inc the First Tee of PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$10,000112021
Change the Conversation IncStevenson, MD$10,000112024
FACE2FACE Healing IncWexford, PA$10,000112022
Jewish Family & Children's ServicesPittsburgh, PA$10,000112022
Leaf Project IncLandisburg, PA$10,000112023
Manada ConservancyHummelstown, PA$10,000112024
New Person Ministries IncLancaster, PA$10,000112021
Philadelphia Orchestra AssociationPittsburgh, PA$10,000112024
Progress City LLCPittsburgh, PA$10,000112022
Phoenixville Womens OutreachPhoenixville, PA$10,000112023
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra AssoPittsburgh, PA$10,000112023
Ruths Way IncPenn Hills, PA$10,000112021
SeamaacPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112024
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112021
Second Chance Animal Services IncE Brookfield, ME$10,000112023
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112024
The Barnes FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$10,000112024
United Covenant Union IncBaltimore, MD$10,000112024
Westmoreland Fayette Historical SocietyScottdale, PA$8,513112024
Community Health Clinic of ButlerButler, PA$8,026112022
Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia IncPhiladelphia, PA$8,000112022
YWCA LancasterLancaster, PA$7,754112022
Vickie's Angel FoundationNew Cumberland, PA$7,637112024
Education Law CenterNewark, NJ$7,556112024
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship - PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$7,500112021
Childrens Transplant InitiativeSpring, TX$7,500112023
Inc Valley Youth House CommitteePhiladelphia, PA$7,500112022
KIPP BaltimoreBaltimore, MD$7,500112022
Philadelphia Scenic WorksPhiladelphia, PA$7,500112024
United Disabilities Services FoundationLancaster, PA$7,500112024
Camp Rainbow FoundationFenton, MO$7,000112023
Family Promise Montco PaAmbler, PA$6,000112022
Hopecam IncReston, VA$6,000112021
Faith & GrattitudeIrwin, PA$5,500112024
Center for Family Services IncVoorhees, NJ$5,190112021
The Mentoring AllianceTyler, TX$5,000112023
YWCA Tri-CountyPottstown, PA$4,453112024
Loving Care Cat RescueLewistown, PA$3,000112024
Dress for Success PittsburghPittsburgh, PA$2,788112023
Immerse InternationalMillersville, PA$2,465112024

2 of 78 (3%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 0%, across 3 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
12 grants
Health Care
10 grants
Arts & Culture
5 grants
Education
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Crime & Legal
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Youth Development
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$251,759$12,500
202221$288,948$14,000
202321$251,641$10,353
202424$246,624$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. 76% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Pennsylvania
$795K
Maryland
$78K
Arizona
$32K
Kentucky
$25K
Texas
$24K
California
$22K
Delaware
$15K
New Jersey
$13K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The H Glenn Sample JR MD Memorial Fund'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: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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 91-6453143 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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