Mississippi · Private foundation
Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation
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.
- $180k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 | 27 | $170k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $113k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $141k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $107k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $119k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $124k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 22 | $103k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Center for Public Policy | $95,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Belhaven University | $81,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Mississippi Kidney Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 6 | 7% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $58,000 | 4 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Day School | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| New Stage Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Wilson Research Foundation | $42,750 | 8 | 1% |
| Mississippi Sports Foundation Inc | $42,250 | 5 | 2% |
| African Bible Colleges Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Ergon Foundation Inc · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee · Walker Foundation · Feild Co-Operative Association · Selby and Richard McRae Foundation · The Pruet Foundation · Make a Difference Foundation · James W Hood Family Foundation · C Spire Foundation · Telos Foundation Inc · T H Etheridge Trust
How this is measured
Compare Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation with peer funders
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About Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation
- How much does Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation give?
- Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $180,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Public Benefit (17%), Health (17%).
- Who are Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Mississippi Center for Public Policy ($95k), Belhaven University ($81k), Mississippi Kidney Foundation Inc ($60k).
- Does Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation 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 Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ergon Foundation Inc, Community Foundation for Mississippi, Van Devender Family Foundation William Van Devender Trustee.
- Where is Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation based?
- Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation is based in MS.
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