Florida · Private foundation
Fairwinds 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.
- $500k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $114k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Fairwinds Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 | 16 | $500k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $400k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $325k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $300k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $250k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $67k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $126k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $33k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift Orlando Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Foolproof Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Florida Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Harbor House of Central Florida Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Impower Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Black Business Investment Fund Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Central Florida Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Heart of Florida United Way Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lift Orlando Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Foolproof Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 4 | 16% |
| Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc | $120,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Central Florida Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Harbor House of Central Florida Inc | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| City Year Inc | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Impower Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Black Business Investment Fund Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lighthouse Central Florida Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Heart of Florida United Way Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 8 Cents in a Jar Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 6% |
| United Way Suncoast Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Against Poverty Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools | $30,850 | 1 | 1% |
| Michelee Puppets Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Foundation for Foster Children Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Florida Urban League | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Stetson University Inc | $23,651 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Camaraderie Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hispanic Heritage Scholarship Fund Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Futures Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($793k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fairwinds Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
About Fairwinds Foundation Inc
- How much does Fairwinds Foundation Inc give?
- Fairwinds Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fairwinds Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Community Improvement (26%), Human Services (13%).
- Who are Fairwinds Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lift Orlando Inc ($150k), The Foolproof Foundation Inc ($140k), Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County Inc ($120k).
- Does Fairwinds Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fairwinds 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 Fairwinds Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Universal Orlando Foundation Inc, Duke Energy Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Fairwinds Foundation Inc based?
- Fairwinds Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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