Florida · Private foundation
Don Allen Foundation Inc
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.
- $125k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
56% of Don Allen Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 10 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Don Allen Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $125k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Don Allen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 52% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 12 | $125k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $96k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $63k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $68k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $65k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rio Grande | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc | $75,250 | 1 | 1% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $41,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Higher Praise & Worship Ctr Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 2% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Longleaf Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kristi House Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rio Grande | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc | $75,250 | 1 | 1% |
| University of the Cumberlands Inc | $41,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Higher Praise & Worship Ctr Inc | $11,500 | 6 | 2% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation | $5,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| The Longleaf Alliance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kristi House Inc | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Admire Family Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 34% |
| The Deering Estate Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Alive | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Miami | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Dade County Bar Association | $2,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Wellspring Counseling Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Children's Initiative Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dance Explosion Kids Foundation Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Transition Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($122k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Don Allen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Miami Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Don Allen Foundation Inc
- How much does Don Allen Foundation Inc give?
- Don Allen Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $125,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Don Allen Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (36%), Education (27%), Environment (14%).
- Who are Don Allen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Rio Grande ($150k), Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc ($75k), University of the Cumberlands Inc ($42k).
- Does Don Allen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Don Allen Foundation Inc 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 Don Allen Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Miami Foundation Inc, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Don Allen Foundation Inc based?
- Don Allen Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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