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Private foundation (trust)EIN 830309453Est. 1994-10

LIGHTNER SAMS FOUNDATION OF WYOMING

TETON VILLAGE, WY 830250429

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Total Assets

$9.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$397K

FY 2024

Grants Made

51

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$8K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$1K–$53K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$438K

Total Expenses

$482K

Qualifying Distributions

$454K

Distributable Amount

$436K

Min. Investment Return

$441K

Undistributed Income

$414K

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Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

51 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $5K to maximum $53K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2018 to 2024. Peak $397K in 2024. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

296 grants

LANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$379K
6 grants
KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUNDATION
$140K
6 grants
CENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE
$101K
6 grants
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
$100K
5 grants
CITY OF LANDER
$85K
2 grants
CAMILLE PLAYERS INC
$70K
5 grants
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
$69K
4 grants
FAYETTE ALLIANCE FOUNDATION INC
$65K
6 grants

Grant Size Distribution

295 grants

<$10K
255
grants
$10–50K
34
grants
$50–250K
6
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

24 states

Kentucky
$786K
39% of total
Wyoming
$780K
38% of total
Colorado
$88K
4% of total
North Carolina
$79K
4% of total
Texas
$70K
3% of total
Tennessee
$49K
2% of total
New York
$35K
2% of total
Virginia
$30K
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$27K
1% of total
Florida
$24K
1% of total

+14 more states

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