Myles D & J Faye Sampson Family Foundationc/O Intentional Philanthrophy
Invitation OnlyBethesda, Maryland · EIN 25-6407379 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$1.6M
Organizations funded66
Typical grant$25,000
Total assets$35.4M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $5,000 and $30,000.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
100% of grants went outside Maryland.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grow Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | Capital campaign | $100,000 |
| Grow Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | School gardens support and expansion | $85,000 |
| Community Kitchen Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $75,000 |
| The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health | Pittsburgh, PA | Community outreach and walk-in care | $75,000 |
| Give Back Yoga Foundation | Boulder, CO | Eat breathe thrive | $65,000 |
| Center for Coalfield Justice | Washington, PA | General operating support | $60,000 |
| Documenting Hope | Windsor, CT | Flight study | $60,000 |
| The Center for Mind Body Medicine | Washington, DC | General operating support | $60,000 |
| Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services | Pittsburgh, PA | Attorney and community democracy land advocate position | $50,000 |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | Integrative medicine fellowship | $50,000 |
| Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $40,000 |
| Documenting Hope | Windsor, CT | General operating support | $35,000 |
| A Place to Be | Middleburg, VA | General operating | $30,000 |
| High Desert Test Sites | Joshua Tree, CA | General operating support | $30,000 |
| Pittsburgh Struggling Student Association | Pittsburgh, PA | Freeman recovery farm | $30,000 |
| Shunpike | Seattle, WA | Mineral school/mars expansion project or expanding access to the arts in a rural community | $30,000 |
| The Compass Center Foundation | Crozet, VA | General operating support | $30,000 |
| Garfield Community Farm | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $26,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | General operating | $25,000 |
| American Immigration Council | Washington, DC | General operating | $25,000 |
| Beaver County Foundation | Beaver, PA | Royally fit's nutritionally tailored prescription csa program | $25,000 |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | Pittsburgh, PA | Kincaid street garden | $25,000 |
| Brandis Care With Love LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | We cook, we eat, we learn, we live | $25,000 |
| Community Foundation for the Alleghenies | Johnstown, PA | Fractracker alliance | $25,000 |
| Community Foundation for the Alleghenies | Johnstown, PA | Ohio river valley participatory fund | $25,000 |
| Moms Across America | Weaverville, NC | General operating support | $25,000 |
| Mwanakuche Farm | Pittsburgh, PA | Land purchase | $25,000 |
| Mystic Mamas | Pittsburgh, PA | Healthy wealthy her; manton way initiative | $25,000 |
| Out of the End Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 sound urban farm | $25,000 |
| Project Love Coalition | Pittsburgh, PA | Agricultural development project | $25,000 |
| Sankofa Village Project Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Afterschool program | $25,000 |
| Soil Sisters Plant Nursery LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | Soil sisters urban farm | $25,000 |
| The Midwife Center for Birth & Women's Health | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $25,000 |
| West End Power | Pittsburgh, PA | The urban farming for community empowerment program | $25,000 |
| What's Growing LLC | Pittsburgh, PA | Grant readiness for growers | $25,000 |
| YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | Teaching kitchen | $25,000 |
| Western Pennsylvania Conservancy | Pittsburgh, PA | Page street community garden | $21,000 |
| Arbutus Folk School | Olympia, WA | New kiln | $20,000 |
| Grey's Bouquets | North Versailles, PA | Community and environmental improvements | $16,000 |
| Beltzhoover Neighborhood Council | Pittsburgh, PA | Garden on gearing | $15,000 |
| New Sun Rising | Millvale, PA | The black unicorn library and archive project | $15,000 |
| Sankofa Village Project Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | Continue employment for afterschool students | $12,500 |
| Northwest Immigrant Rights Project | Seattle, WA | General operating | $10,000 |
| Mystic Mamas | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $8,000 |
| Out of the End Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | General supporting support | $8,000 |
| Allies for Health Wellbeing | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating | $5,500 |
| Family House | Pittsburgh, PA | Gala support | $5,500 |
| Concern for Animals | Tumwater, WA | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Sankofa Village Project Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center | Shelton, WA | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Weston a Price Foundation | Washington, DC | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Knuckle Bump Farms Foundation | Indiantown, FL | General operating support | $3,000 |
| Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue | Tehachapi, CA | General operating support | $3,000 |
| Thurston County Food Bank | Olympia, WA | General operating support | $3,000 |
| Mid-Atlantic Mothers' Milk Bank | Pittsburgh, PA | Capital campaign | $2,000 |
| Mwanakuche Farm | Pittsburgh, PA | General operating support | $2,000 |
| Old School Farm Inc | Nashville, TN | General operating | $2,000 |
| Poverty Exed Project | Olympia, WA | General operating support | $2,000 |
| Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs Inc | Calabasas, CA | The bee conservancy | $2,000 |
| The Nashville Food Project Inc | Nashville, TN | General operating support | $2,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 66 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,563,000 | 66 |
| 2024 | $1,269,000 | 60 |
| 2023 | $1,361,699 | 62 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 1, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202601219349102200
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 25-6407379
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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