Delaware · Public charity
Random Acts Inc
To fund and inspire acts of kindness around the world, both big and small. To provide a vast network of caring people with the encouragement and support they need to change lives for the better.
- $255k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $158k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $51,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $989k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Random Acts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 6 | $158k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $68k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $10k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $136k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $180k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $409k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $615k | 85% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kristin Brooks Hope Center | $407,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Americares Foundation Inc | $343,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lydia Place | $225,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit | $79,645 | 6 | 0% |
| Reading Is Fundamental Inc | $76,265 | 1 | 0% |
| Newton San Juan del Sur Sister City Project Inc | $51,000 | 1 | 19% |
| SPCA of Texas | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Diaper Bank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bastrop County Long Term Recovery | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 35 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Random Acts 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: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Random Acts Inc
- How much does Random Acts Inc give?
- Random Acts Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $158,145, out of $255,437 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Random Acts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (27%), International (15%), Public Safety & Disaster (15%).
- Who are Random Acts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kristin Brooks Hope Center ($408k), Americares Foundation Inc ($343k), Lydia Place ($225k).
- Does Random Acts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Random Acts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Random Acts Inc based?
- Random Acts Inc is based in DE.
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