New Jersey · Private foundation
The Darwin Foundation Inc
Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $102k
- Granted FY2019
- 28
- Grants FY2019
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Median grant, FY2019
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 10
- Total assets, FY2019
- $1.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 7% of the organizations The Darwin Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 27 | $97k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $88k | 16% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $105k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
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 FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Downsizedc Org Inc | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compassion & Choices | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Drug Policy Alliance | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save a Friend to Homeless Animals | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Princeton Open Space | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| New Jersey Seeds Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Reason Foundation | $37,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Downsizedc Org Inc | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compassion & Choices | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Drug Policy Alliance | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Carter Center Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Save a Friend to Homeless Animals | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Princeton Open Space | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| New Jersey Seeds Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cato Institute | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Safe Sanctuary | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| George Mason University Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Seeing Eye Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Isles Inc | $1,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Moravian Academy | $900 | 3 | 0% |
| D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Peters Valley School of Craft Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Homefront Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Alley Cat Allies Inc | $150 | 3 | 0% |
| Lawrenceville Fire Company Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Darwin Foundation Inc 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: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Darwin Foundation Inc
- How much does The Darwin Foundation Inc give?
- The Darwin Foundation Inc reported 28 grants totaling $101,600 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does The Darwin Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (33%), Public Benefit (14%), Environment (14%).
- Who are The Darwin Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Washington University ($60k), The Reason Foundation ($37k), Downsizedc Org Inc ($24k).
- Does The Darwin Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Darwin Foundation Inc 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 Darwin Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc, Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Where is The Darwin Foundation Inc based?
- The Darwin Foundation Inc is based in NJ.
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