Florida · Private foundation
J Ben Watkins Private 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.
- $280k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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 | 14 | $280k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $58k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $51k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $12k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champions Ranch Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Taunton Family Childrens Home | $47,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Tall Timbers Research Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin County Sheriffs Office Charitable Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Stetson University Inc | $10,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Tall Timbers Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc | $6,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champions Ranch Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Taunton Family Childrens Home | $47,000 | 3 | 8% |
| Tall Timbers Research Inc | $37,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Franklin County Sheriffs Office Charitable Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Stetson University Inc | $10,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Tall Timbers Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Bend Hospice Foundation Inc | $6,200 | 3 | 0% |
| Suwannee River Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alfred B Maclay Jr Day School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| First Assembly of God Church | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ECHO Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bring Me a Book Forgotten Coast Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Greater Brewton Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($237k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Ben Watkins Private 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 J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc
- How much does J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc give?
- J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc reported 14 grants totaling $280,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (32%), Human Services (14%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Champions Ranch Inc ($50k), Taunton Family Childrens Home ($47k), Tall Timbers Research Inc ($38k).
- Does J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Ben Watkins Private 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 J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc based?
- J Ben Watkins Private Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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