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Private foundation (trust)EIN 752555622Est. 1994-10

The Lightner Sams Foundation Inc

Wilmington, DE 198091377

Total Assets

$12.2M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$426K

FY 2024

Grants Made

33

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$13K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$900–$30K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$1.5M

Total Expenses

$686K

Qualifying Distributions

$532K

Distributable Amount

$574K

Min. Investment Return

$592K

Undistributed Income

$567K

Payout rate 93%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.93%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

33 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $900 through median $10K to maximum $30K, 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

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $580K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

136 grants

SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE FOUNDATION
$119K
8 grants
DALLAS CASA
$85K
4 grants
NEW HOPE EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY
$85K
4 grants
JUDIS HOUSE
$85K
4 grants
RESOURCE CENTER OF DALLAS INC
$75K
5 grants
CAMILLE PLAYERS INC
$75K
3 grants
LEGACY COUNSELING CENTER INC
$73K
5 grants
MORGAN ADAMS FOUNDATION
$70K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

136 grants

<$10K
63
grants
$10–50K
73
grants
$50–250K
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

6 states

Texas
$1.5M
77% of total
Colorado
$406K
21% of total
California
$10K
1% of total
Iowa
$10K
1% of total
Ohio
$5K
0% of total
District of Columbia
$3K
0% of total

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