Grants awarded
Who does Samis Foundation fund?
Samis Foundation has awarded $35 million across 336 grants to 150 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in religion. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $5,180 and $50,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $5,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$35.4M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
150
Grants
336
Years
2020–2024
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 | Follow |
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Northwest Yeshiva High School
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$5.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$5.3M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| J Jewish Day School | $3.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Seattle Jewish Community School | $3.1M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder | $2.8M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| P Pef Israel Endowment Funds | $2.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Torah Day School | $2.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NJ | |
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Central Fund of Israel
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$885K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$665K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
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$662K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- INC
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$486K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| D Derech Emunah | $420K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U Union for Reform Judaism - Camp Kalsman | $294K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Sephardic Adventure Camp | $286K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Camp Solomon Schechter INC
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$282K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| J Jewish Family Service | $266K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$230K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W West Coast Ncsy | $162K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
American Friends of Natal INC
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$145K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
The Harold Grinspoon Foundation
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$130K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| A American Friends of Ogen | $130K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education INC
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$126K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T The Jewish Education Project | $120K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$115K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| A American Friends of the Alliance Israelite Universelle | $112K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$111K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Israel American Council Seattle | $102K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Foundation for Jewish Camp INC
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$101K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Israel Nature & Heritage of America | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$94K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Impactisrael INC
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$90K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| C Congregation Beth Shalom | $85K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Urj Camp Kalsman | $81K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education | $80K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| K Kav L'Noar Foundation | $80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Yedidim INC | $80K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stroum Jewish Community Center | $79K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Jewish Federations of North America INC
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$75K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
Holocaust Center for Humanity
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$74K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$74K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
The Alliance for Pioneer Square
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$65K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| C Congregation Beth Israel | $62K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$60K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| T Temple Beth Hatfiloh | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T Temple De Hirsch Sinai | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| J Jewish Federation of North America INC | $60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Urj Heller High | $60K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B B'Nai Brith Youth Organization | $54K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Friends of Bshvil Hamachar INC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NC | |
| A American Friends of Nefesh B'Nefesh | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A America Gives INC | $50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| M M2 Institue for Experiential Jewish Education | $49K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stand with US Northwest | $49K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Mercaz Seattle | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$45K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| T Tbs Education Department | $45K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Eastside Torah Center INC | $40K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| O Orthodox Union | $40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Friends of Leket Israel Total | $40K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$37K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
Friends of Israel Scouts INC
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$36K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Plymouth Housing Group and Subsidiaries
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$30K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | WA | |
| G Giving Group Community | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Impact Israel | $30K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| S Sephardic Religious School | $26K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
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$25K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | CA | |
| M Mati USA | $25K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| F Friends of the Jerusalem College of Technology | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Chabad of the Central Cascades | $24K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| P Prizmah Center for Jewish Day School | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism | $20K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| I Israel American Council | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jewish Prisoner Services Interational | $20K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Bbyo | $19K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Haring Center - University of Washington | $19K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Sephardic Educational Center | $18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Congregation Kol Ami | $18K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Dorothy and Myer Kripke Institute for Jewish Family Literacy | $17K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| J Jewish Prisoner Services International | $16K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Downtown Emergency Service Center
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$15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | WA | |
| A American Friends of Tzalash INC | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| A American Friends of the Israel Free Loan Association | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Public Defender Association
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$13K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | WA | |
| W Washington State Jewish Historical Society | $13K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A Anti-Defamation League Seattle Chapter | $12K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$12K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | OR | |
Compass Housing Alliance
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | WA | |
| B Bayit Cham | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hillel Foundation for Jewish Life at the University of Washington | $8K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Congregation Ezra Bessaroth | $7K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| C Camp Kesher | $7K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Limmud | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hillel at University of Washington | $6K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hebrew Free Loan Association | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Friends of the Lower Grand Coulee
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$6K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| F Friendship Circle | $5K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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