Delaware · Private foundation
Platt Family 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.
- $279k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 36% of the organizations Platt Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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 | 24 | $279k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $123k | 36% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $75k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $80k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Son of a Saint | $88,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fairfield Theatre Company Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $27,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Song Summit Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Leaving a Positive Legacy Inc | $21,500 | 4 | 2% |
| National Ability Center | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation | $15,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Peggy Lillis Foundation | $14,500 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 54 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($61k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Platt Family 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.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · Newman's Own Foundation · Tisbest Philanthropy · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of Westport/Weston Ct Inc · Gerald L Lennard Foundation Inc · The Inner-City Foundation for Charity & Education Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Dalio Foundation Inc · Westport Rotary Club Foundation Inc · The James & Mary Ellen Marpe Family Foundation · Ella West Freeman Foundation
How this is measured
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About Platt Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Platt Family Foundation Inc give?
- Platt Family Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $278,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Platt Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (18%), Health (14%).
- Who are Platt Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund ($100k), The Louisiana Music & Heritage Experience Inc ($100k), Son of a Saint ($89k).
- Does Platt Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Platt Family 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 Platt Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, Newman's Own Foundation, Tisbest Philanthropy.
- Where is Platt Family Foundation Inc based?
- Platt Family Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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