Minnesota · Private foundation
Spell Family Foundation co William Spell
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $548k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 8
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Spell Family Foundation co William Spell funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $369k 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 | 23 | $548k | 39% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $968k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $175k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $287k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $192k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Greek Orthodox Church | $218,833 | 4 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $106,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Center of the American Experiment | $91,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $65,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Laestadian Lutheran Church | $58,241 | 1 | n/a |
| Order of St Andrew the Apostle Inc | $57,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Faithtree Resources | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of the Hogar Rafael Ayau | $21,500 | 2 | 13% |
| St Thomas More Play Group Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys Greek Orthodox Church | $218,833 | 4 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago | $106,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Center of the American Experiment | $91,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $65,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Laestadian Lutheran Church | $58,241 | 1 | n/a |
| Order of St Andrew the Apostle Inc | $57,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Faithtree Resources | $50,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Friends of the Hogar Rafael Ayau | $21,500 | 2 | 13% |
| St Thomas More Play Group Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Church of St John the Baptist | $15,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Orthodox Christian Mission Center Inc | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Archbishop Iakovos Leadership 100 Endowment Fund Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pastors Study | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of Madagascar Mission Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fordham University | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Orthodox Christian Laity | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Higher Ground USA Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| 30-Days Foundation | $1,900 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Mexico of the Orthodox Church | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ryan House | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cold Spring Dance Company Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Macphail Center for Music | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Homeward Bound Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Prison Fellowship International | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spell Family Foundation co William Spell 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: The Katsaros Family Foundation · Metropoulos Family Foundation · The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation · The James & Theodore Pedas Family Foundation Inc · Joannides Family Foundation · James and Virginia Kallins Foundation · Buhler Kapsalis Family Foundation · Orthodox Vision Foundation · The George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation II · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation
How this is measured
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About Spell Family Foundation co William Spell
- How much does Spell Family Foundation co William Spell give?
- Spell Family Foundation co William Spell reported 23 grants totaling $547,524 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Spell Family Foundation co William Spell fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (67%), Education (18%), Social Science (5%).
- Who are Spell Family Foundation co William Spell's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: St Marys Greek Orthodox Church ($219k), Greek Orthodox Metropolis Ofchicago ($107k), Center of the American Experiment ($91k).
- Does Spell Family Foundation co William Spell fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spell Family Foundation co William Spell accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spell Family Foundation co William Spell?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Katsaros Family Foundation, Metropoulos Family Foundation, The John C Kulis Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Spell Family Foundation co William Spell based?
- Spell Family Foundation co William Spell is based in MN.
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