Grants awarded
Who does The Lightner Sams Foundation INC fund?
The Lightner Sams Foundation INC has awarded $2.8 million across 200 grants to 82 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $10,000 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $15,000 versus $12,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.8M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
82
Grants
200
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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$151K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Judi's House INC
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$110K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Dallas Casa
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$105K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy
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$105K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Camille Players INC
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$90K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$90K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Metro Crisis Services INC
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$90K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
| C Childrens Medical Center Foundation | $88K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mental Health America of Greater Dallas
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$86K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Legacy Counseling Center INC
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$85K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Patriot Paws Service Dogs
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$85K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psycholo | $85K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$85K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$85K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
Second Wind Fund INC
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| B Brain Injury Network of Dallas | $70K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
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$61K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$55K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| V Valley Zoological Society Chartered May 1968 | $50K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$46K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Sky Ranches INC
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$45K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$43K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
Dallas Arboretum and Botanical
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$40K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$38K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A American National Red Cross - Dallas Forth Worth M | $35K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Smith County Champions for Children INC
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$34K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| L Legacy Counseling Center INC | $30K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Amys Friends | $30K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Sky Ranches INC | $30K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| N New Hope Equine Assisted Therapy | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | CO | |
| N North Texas Food Bank | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Health Services of North Texas INC | $20K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Metro Crisis Services INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Women in Need of Generous Support | $20K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Resource Center of Dallas INC | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Genesis Womens Shelter & Support | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Morgan Adams Foundation | $20K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Suicide and Crisis Center of North Texas | $20K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
The University of Texas Foundation INC
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$17K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| H Healing Hands Ministries INC | $15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Transition Resource Action Center | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
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$15K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| M Mosaic Family Services INC | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| M Meals on Wheels Collin County | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Mental Health America of Greater Dallas | $15K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
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$14K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| H Hope Supply Co | $13K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
United to Learn
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$12K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
| S Senior Citizens of Greater Dallas INC | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Patriot Paws Service Dogs | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for the Callier Center and Communicatio | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| E Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundation | $10K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | KS | |
Ascend Dallas
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| A American National Red Cross | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$10K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | KS | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Alzheimers Alliance of Northeast Texas INC
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | TX | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Mosaic Family Services INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Mentoring Alliance | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Well Community | $8K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S Solar Car Challenge Foundation | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | OH | |
| A Association of Small Foundations DBA Exponent Phil | $3K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
SPCA of Texas
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | TX | |
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$900 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | DC |
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