Samuel S Fels Fund Grants
Private foundation · Philadelphia, PA · EIN 23-1365325 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
Samuel S Fels Fund is a private foundation based in Philadelphia, PA (EIN 23-1365325). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $1.6M paid in 75 grants, with a median grant of $10K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $46.4M. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · samfels.org
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
How to apply
This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications. The same filing also names deadlines, application materials or an application link. Those are kept under Original filing text, may be out of date, and are not an invitation to apply; check with the foundation first.
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- Contact
- Samuel S Fels Funds
- Phone
- (215) 731-9455
Original filing text
- Contact
- SAMUEL S FELS FUNDS
- Address
- 1528 WALNUT STREET SUITE 1002 PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19102
- Phone
- 2157319455
- Application materials
- FUNDING PRIORITIES AS WELL AS LINKS TO THE TWO-STAGE PROCESS THAT INCLUDES AN INITIAL ONLINE FUNDING INQUIRY FOLLOWED BY AN ONLINE APPLICATION ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SAMUEL S. FELS FUND WEBSITE WWW.SAMFELS.ORG
Reported organization name: SAMUEL S FELS FUND
Where Samuel S Fels Fund gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwood Leadership Institute | San Francisco, CA | Capacity building grants | Tax year 20242024 | $300K |
| Windcall Institute | Oakland, CA | Capacity building grant | Tax year 20242024 | $135K |
| Movement Alliance Project | Philadelphia, PA | General support for fiscally sponsor | Tax year 20242024 | $30K |
| Amistad Law Project | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Tax year 20242024 | $30K |
| Asian Americans United | Philadelphia, PA | General support | Tax year 20242024 | $30K |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (75 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from Samuel S Fels Fund's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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