Delaware · Private foundation
Spruance Foundation II
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.
- $294k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $68,501
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Spruance Foundation II funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 4 | $294k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $190k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $94k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $40k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $450 | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $41k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $92k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $308k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and Environment Research Center | $234,844 | 4 | 2% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $222,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | $145,250 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $107,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $68,501 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of the Virgin Islands | $62,880 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tampa Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Journal Inc | $18,980 | 1 | 4% |
| Salesianum School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property and Environment Research Center | $234,844 | 4 | 2% |
| Johns Hopkins University | $222,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Steadman Philippon Research Institute | $145,250 | 6 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $107,750 | 2 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $68,501 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of the Virgin Islands | $62,880 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salk Institute for Biological Studies | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Tampa Incorporated | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Journal Inc | $18,980 | 1 | 4% |
| Salesianum School Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park County Environmental Council | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Common Ground Project | $5,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Longwood Fire Company | $2,850 | 4 | 0% |
| Brookline Labrador Retriever Rescue | $75 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spruance Foundation II 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: National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Spruance Foundation II
- How much does Spruance Foundation II give?
- Spruance Foundation II reported 4 grants totaling $293,501 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Spruance Foundation II fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (48%), Environment (23%), Health (20%).
- Who are Spruance Foundation II's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Property and Environment Research Center ($235k), Johns Hopkins University ($222k), Steadman Philippon Research Institute ($145k).
- Does Spruance Foundation II fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spruance Foundation II 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 Spruance Foundation II?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Spruance Foundation II based?
- Spruance Foundation II is based in DE.
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