· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $116k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY | $30,000 |
| IXO | $20,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $13,000 |
| FEBC - KOREA IN LOS ANGELES | $12,000 |
| MISSISSIPPI SPORTS HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM | $11,000 |
| THE HOOVER INSTITUTION | $10,000 |
| THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NEW STAGE THEATRE | $10,000 |
| BELHAVEN UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF MISSISSIPPI DENTISTRY | $5,000 |
| INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $5,000 |
| WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| AFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
40 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TWTHE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +78%
- MSMISSISSIPPI SPORTS FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $42k · revenue +23%
- ABAFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INC5× · 2017–2024 · $42k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- BCBELHAVEN COLLEGEone grant, 2017 · $27k
- TRTHE REDEEMERS SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +361%
- TMTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -97%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
In response to the love of god, the methodist rehabilitation center, is dedicated to the restoration and enhancement of the lives of those we serve. we are committed to excellence and leadership in the delivery of comprehensive…
The foundation exists to cultivate and administer current and deferred gifts for the benefit of ms united methodist related institutions, agencies, local churches, and other ministries for charitable purposes and support and to educate…
George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.
Mississippi state university foundation, inc. is a non-profit organization that assists mississippi state university in accomplishing its goals and mission by cultivating and soliciting private support and ensuring stewardship for all…
To encourage and demonstrate grace in the body of christ across racial lines, so that communities throughout mississippi can see practical evidence of the gospel message.
Mid-atlantic christian university is an undergraduate institution of christian higher learning whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary christian leaders. students are taught to think…
Mississippi college is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and sciences and professional studies dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. founded in 1826, mississippi college is the oldest…
Shaped by christian principles, mcmurry university challenges students to examine our complex world from multiple perspectives in preparation for lives of leadership, service and professional success.
Leading the creation and advancement of health equity we exist to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities, increase the diversity of the health professional and scientific workforce, and address primary health care…
Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.
To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…
Mid-america reformed seminary seeks to serve the church by preparing students for gospel ministry as pastors, or those whose service to the church may be enhanced by theological education.
How this is measured
41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 61 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY ↗
- Who funds Belhaven University ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI KIDNEY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NEW STAGE INC ↗
- Who funds THE WILSON RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI SPORTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICAN BIBLE COLLEGES INC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INDOPARTNERS AGENCY INC ↗
- Who funds BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM CLIFF HEATON JR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOW REAP FEED ↗
- Who funds MISSION FIRST INC ↗
- Who funds PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds The Mustard Seed Inc ↗
- Who funds THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
- Who funds THE REDEEMERS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI INC ↗
- Who funds Tougaloo College ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sam E & Burnice C Wittel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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