Delaware · Private foundation
849 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.
- $300k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations 849 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k 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 | 4 | $300k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $205k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $127k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $3.7M | 30% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $297k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $306k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $321k | 27% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $294k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Rabbit Foundation | $3,309,744 | 1 | 100% |
| Humane Society for Hamilton County | $557,000 | 8 | 3% |
| United Service Organizations Inc | $552,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Humane Indiana Inc | $230,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Myasthenia Gravis Association | $201,439 | 5 | 26% |
| Horsesensing Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Randy's Rescue Ranch | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Alternatives Incorporated of Madison County | $43,200 | 2 | 2% |
| The Children's Theraplay Foundation Inc | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($151k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
849 Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Rusty Rabbit Foundation · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Global Impact · Network for Good · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About 849 Foundation
- How much does 849 Foundation give?
- 849 Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $300,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does 849 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (60%), Animals (17%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are 849 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rusty Rabbit Foundation ($3.3M), Humane Society for Hamilton County ($557k), United Service Organizations Inc ($552k).
- Does 849 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 849 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 849 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rusty Rabbit Foundation, United Way of Central Indiana Inc, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is 849 Foundation based?
- 849 Foundation is based in DE.
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