Florida · Private foundation
Make a Difference 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.
- $91k
- Granted FY2019
- 40
- Grants FY2019
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2019
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Make a Difference Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2019, the last year Make a Difference Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $91k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2019
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 10
- Total assets, FY2019
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 38% of the organizations Make a Difference Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 34 | $86k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $96k | 30% |
| FY2017 | 38 | $84k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington School | $24,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $18,810 | 2 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Tikvah | $12,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington University | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children | $8,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Foot Forward Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Caridad Center Inc | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 34 grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($119k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Make a Difference 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 Make a Difference Foundation Inc
- How much does Make a Difference Foundation Inc give?
- Make a Difference Foundation Inc reported 40 grants totaling $91,300 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Make a Difference Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Education (5%), Health (4%).
- Who are Make a Difference Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Wellington School ($24k), Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc ($19k), Congregation Beth Tikvah ($12k).
- Does Make a Difference Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Make a Difference 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 Make a Difference Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, United Way of Palm Beach County Inc, Lost Tree Village Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Make a Difference Foundation Inc based?
- Make a Difference Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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