Delaware · Private foundation
The John C Griswold Family 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.
- $657k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 76
- Grants FY2025
- 64
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 55 to 92
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations The John C Griswold Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k 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 | 65 | $630k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 64 | $534k | 28% |
| FY2023 | 70 | $455k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 92 | $908k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 73 | $852k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 70 | $782k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $779k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 58 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millikin University | $612,691 | 8 | 0% |
| St Helena Montessori School Inc | $500,395 | 8 | 2% |
| Dragonfly Development Resources Inc | $277,508 | 7 | 73% |
| Vocal Arts Ensemble | $257,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Direct Connections To Africa | $179,836 | 6 | 24% |
| Center for Developmentally Disabled | $148,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Prospect House Inc | $146,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Heart of America Shakespeare Festival | $125,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Secret Land Arp | $115,367 | 4 | 100% |
| Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute | $107,500 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 213 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The John C Griswold Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 180 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · Charitable Foundation USA · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The H & R Block Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation · E Kemper Carter & Anna Curry Carter Community · Orange County Community Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Employees Community Fund of Boeing California Inc · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation
How this is measured
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About The John C Griswold Family Foundation
- How much does The John C Griswold Family Foundation give?
- The John C Griswold Family Foundation reported 76 grants totaling $656,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 92 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The John C Griswold Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (25%), Arts & Culture (21%), Environment (10%).
- Who are The John C Griswold Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Millikin University ($613k), St Helena Montessori School Inc ($500k), Dragonfly Development Resources Inc ($278k).
- Does The John C Griswold Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John C Griswold Family 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 John C Griswold Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Santa Fe Community Foundation, Charitable Foundation USA.
- Where is The John C Griswold Family Foundation based?
- The John C Griswold Family Foundation is based in DE.
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