Illinois · Private foundation
Sara H Woodruff Foundation
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.
- $233k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 25
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Sara H Woodruff Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 19 | $233k | 47% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $201k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $226k | 12% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $204k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $203k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zoo Miami Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The University of Georgia Foundation | $90,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Bible Church Inc | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Grace House of Brunswick Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Center for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Hold Fast Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| MAP International Inc | $48,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Skylark Clinic Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| St Mary's Good Samaritan Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Lake Oconee Humane Society Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 3% |
Show all 30 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Sara H Woodruff Foundation 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: Ludwig Family Foundation · St Marys Methodist Church Foundation I · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · United Way of Coastal Georgia Inc · Andres Asion Foundation Inc · Julia Terrill Thomas Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Anthony Abraham Foundation · Davis Love III Foundation · Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Batchelor Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Sara H Woodruff Foundation
- How much does Sara H Woodruff Foundation give?
- Sara H Woodruff Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $232,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 25 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Sara H Woodruff Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (14%), Health (13%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Sara H Woodruff Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Zoo Miami Foundation Inc ($110k), The University of Georgia Foundation ($90k), Community Bible Church Inc ($70k).
- Does Sara H Woodruff Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Sara H Woodruff 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 Sara H Woodruff Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ludwig Family Foundation, St Marys Methodist Church Foundation I, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Sara H Woodruff Foundation based?
- Sara H Woodruff Foundation is based in IL.
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