Alabama · Public charity
Fuse Project
The mission of FUSE PROJECT is to provide the spark for innovation, funding and implementation of projects benefiting children along alabama's gulf coast by investing in initiatives, which promote the health, fitness, education and social responsibility of our children.
- $21k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- Total assets, FY2023
- $431k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Fuse Project funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $21k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $42k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $62k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dance Without Limits Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 32% |
| The Cookery Project Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Learning Tree Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Focus Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of South Alabama | $20,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Dwell Mobile | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Visualize Everyone That Serves | $15,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Baykeeper Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 100 Black Men Greater Mobile Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands | $43,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Dance Without Limits Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 32% |
| The Cookery Project Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Learning Tree Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Team Focus Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| University of South Alabama | $20,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Dwell Mobile | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Visualize Everyone That Serves | $15,976 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Baykeeper Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 100 Black Men Greater Mobile Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Redemptions Place | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flourish Community Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Mobile Swim Association Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Mobile | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Angels Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mobile Area Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Light of the Village a Nonprof Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mlk Avenue Redevelopment Corp | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Puad | $1,850 | 2 | n/a |
| Mobile Ballet Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Mobile Kappa Alumni Fondation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Toulminville Titans | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Soccer 4 Life Corporation | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fuse Project supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: The Daniel Foundation of Alabama · J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee · Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation · Crampton Trust #1255000731 Regions Bank Trustee · Alabama Power Foundation Inc · Ws Foundation Inc Blacksher White-Spunner · The Robert and Joanna Cunningham Charitable Foundation Inc · As Mitchell Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Fuse Project
- How much does Fuse Project give?
- Fuse Project reported 6 grants totaling $20,600 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Fuse Project fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (31%), Education (15%), Health (12%).
- Who are Fuse Project's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands ($43k), Dance Without Limits Foundation Inc ($25k), The Cookery Project Inc ($25k).
- Does Fuse Project fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fuse Project?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, J L Bedsole Foundation Regions Bank Co-Trustee, Cd Helen and Jeff Glaze Foundation.
- Where is Fuse Project based?
- Fuse Project is based in AL.
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