Delaware · Private foundation
The Little Flower 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.
- $20k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $474k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations The Little Flower Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 | 4 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $11k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $18k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $250 | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francis Childrens Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University School of Milwaukee Corporation | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Advocates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Circle of Sisterhood Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Parenting Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seton Hall University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Enrichment Center of Norfolk | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Methodist University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Villanova University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Francis Childrens Center Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The University School of Milwaukee Corporation | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Advocates Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Circle of Sisterhood Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Parenting Network Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Seton Hall University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Life Enrichment Center of Norfolk | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Methodist University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Villanova University | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Milwaukee Ballet Company Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lakeland Animal Welfare Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Little Flower Foundation 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: Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Little Flower Foundation
- How much does The Little Flower Foundation give?
- The Little Flower Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $20,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Little Flower Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (48%), Education (34%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are The Little Flower Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Saint Francis Childrens Center Inc ($30k), The University School of Milwaukee Corporation ($7k), Community Advocates Inc ($5k).
- Does The Little Flower Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Little Flower 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 Little Flower Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc.
- Where is The Little Flower Foundation based?
- The Little Flower Foundation is based in DE.
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