Delaware · Private foundation
The Calkins 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.
- $310k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $252,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations The Calkins Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 | 5 | $310k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $433k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $81k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $133k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $184k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $90k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $152k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $117k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Family Foundation of Virginia | $595,000 | 6 | 15% |
| Send International of the United States Inc | $176,300 | 9 | n/a |
| Lifepointe Christian Church | $156,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Circe Institute Inc | $85,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $60,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Providence Classical School | $56,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Care Net Resource Pregnancy Centers Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oyster Point Rotary Foundation | $35,000 | 7 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($103k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Calkins 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: Servant Foundation · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Christian Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Virginia Peninsula · Langley for Families - the Foundation of Lfcu · American Endowment Foundation · Eden Bridge Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Gift Fund · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About The Calkins Foundation
- How much does The Calkins Foundation give?
- The Calkins Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $310,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Calkins Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Religion (18%), International (16%).
- Who are The Calkins Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Family Foundation of Virginia ($595k), Send International of the United States Inc ($176k), Lifepointe Christian Church ($156k).
- Does The Calkins Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Calkins 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 The Calkins Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, The Signatry Charitable Trust, Christian Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Calkins Foundation based?
- The Calkins Foundation is based in DE.
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