New Mexico · Private foundation
Giving Well Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $896k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $368,194
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Giving Well Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 | 6 | $896k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $561k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $1.1M | 70% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $943k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $978k | 91% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $250k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link Hands for Humanity | $3,092,729 | 6 | n/a |
| Leleka Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Phoenix Center for Peace Building Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 13% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Solar Cookers International | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Progress Texas Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Link Hands for Humanity | $3,092,729 | 6 | n/a |
| Leleka Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| River Phoenix Center for Peace Building Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 13% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Solar Cookers International | $45,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Progress Texas Institute | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Third Sector New England Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green America | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sadalsuud Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foun | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Survival Centers Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($856k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Giving Well 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
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About Giving Well Foundation Inc
- How much does Giving Well Foundation Inc give?
- Giving Well Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $896,224 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Giving Well Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (77%), Health (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (2%).
- Who are Giving Well Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Link Hands for Humanity ($3.1M), Leleka Foundation ($150k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($100k).
- Does Giving Well Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Giving Well 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 Giving Well Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Giving Well Foundation Inc based?
- Giving Well Foundation Inc is based in NM.
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