Arkansas · Private foundation
Derek Lewis Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $34k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 64% of the organizations Derek Lewis Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $34k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $52k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $20k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $13k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $15k | 92% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $5k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $7k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddy Academy | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camden Fairview School District | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Medical Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philander Smith College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lam Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beta Delta Alumni Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Omega of Greater Lr Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Arkansas Inc | $850 | 1 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddy Academy | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Camden Fairview School District | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| National Medical Association | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Philander Smith College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lam Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beta Delta Alumni Association | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Omega of Greater Lr Inc | $1,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Special Olympics Arkansas Inc | $850 | 1 | 0% |
| Our House Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Rock the Vote | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| GenYOUTH Incorporated | $100 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.
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: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Derek Lewis Foundation Inc
- How much does Derek Lewis Foundation Inc give?
- Derek Lewis Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $34,340 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Derek Lewis Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (43%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Philanthropy (9%).
- Who are Derek Lewis Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Caddy Academy ($15k), Camden Fairview School District ($3k), National Medical Association ($3k).
- Does Derek Lewis Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Derek Lewis Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Derek Lewis Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, Network for Good, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Derek Lewis Foundation Inc based?
- Derek Lewis Foundation Inc is based in AR.
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