Delaware · Private foundation
1218 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations 1218 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $50k | 54% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $97k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $40k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $23k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $16k | 63% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $10k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmas Community Church | $90,700 | 3 | n/a |
| River Ministries | $66,900 | 6 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Christian Church | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sunset International Bible Institute Inc | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lyons Elevating All Fund | $3,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Academy of Charter Schools Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Healing Warriors Program | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $1,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Ride4awoman Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmas Community Church | $90,700 | 3 | n/a |
| River Ministries | $66,900 | 6 | n/a |
| Rocky Mountain Christian Church | $11,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Little League Baseball Inc | $8,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Sunset International Bible Institute Inc | $7,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lyons Elevating All Fund | $3,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Academy of Charter Schools Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Healing Warriors Program | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation | $1,350 | 2 | 0% |
| Ride4awoman Corporation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Charlotte Friends of the Batwa | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Murray Church of Christ | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Legacy Church of Christ | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm at Gardner Village Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| University Church of Christ | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Memorial Drive Church of Christ | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Children International | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Cordova Church of Christ | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Churches of Christ Disaster | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| A Little Help | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Organization for Victims's Assistance | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Soldiers' Angels | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Veterans Yoga Project Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 1218 Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About 1218 Foundation
- How much does 1218 Foundation give?
- 1218 Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $50,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does 1218 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (85%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%), Recreation & Sports (3%).
- Who are 1218 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Palmas Community Church ($91k), River Ministries ($67k), Rocky Mountain Christian Church ($12k).
- Does 1218 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 1218 Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 1218 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is 1218 Foundation based?
- 1218 Foundation is based in DE.
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