Missouri · Private foundation
Giddens Family 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.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Giddens Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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 | 20 | $290k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $230k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $137k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $113k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $64,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Tooth Truck Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Ozarks Food Harvest Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Kitchen Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Care to Learn | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southwest Missouri | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arc of the Ozarks | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Newborns in Need Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| People Helping People of Republic Missouri Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Castaway Animals Rescue Effort | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $64,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Tooth Truck Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Ozarks Food Harvest Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Kitchen Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Care to Learn | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Southwest Missouri | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Arc of the Ozarks | $22,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Newborns in Need Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| People Helping People of Republic Missouri Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Castaway Animals Rescue Effort | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Developmental Center of the Ozarks | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Court Appointed Special Advocates of Southwest Missouri | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($434k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Giddens Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Cook Family Foundation · Musgrave Foundation · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · Robert M - Bobby - Allison Charitable Tr · The Charlie & Mary Beth O'Reilly Family Foundation · Tua J Elizabeth McCain Charitable · Ozarks Health Advocacy Foundation · The Turner Family Foundation · Mercy Health Springfield Communities · Stanley & Elaine Ball Charitable Tr · Larry P O'Reilly and Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Giddens Family Foundation
- How much does Giddens Family Foundation give?
- Giddens Family Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $289,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Giddens Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Human Services (19%), Health (19%).
- Who are Giddens Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Arthritis Foundation Inc ($64k), The Tooth Truck Inc ($55k), Ozarks Food Harvest Inc ($35k).
- Does Giddens Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Giddens Family 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 Giddens Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc, Cook Family Foundation, Musgrave Foundation.
- Where is Giddens Family Foundation based?
- Giddens Family Foundation is based in MO.
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