Delaware · Private foundation
The Spofford Foundation Inc
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.
- $103k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 27
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations The Spofford Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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 | 15 | $103k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $97k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $76k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $98k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $102k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $67k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $84k | 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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly House 150 Inc | $85,080 | 7 | 13% |
| Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation | $85,000 | 4 | 39% |
| Fishers Island Community Center Inc | $54,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Island Health Project Inc | $41,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Concord Carlisle Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Moore Montessori Community School Inc | $29,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Educational Foundation Inc | $27,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Episcopal Day School Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Sandhills Inc | $21,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Pennys Flight Foundation Inc | $20,300 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 50 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($33k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Spofford Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Fairfield Foundation · Fleetwood Foundation · The McCance Foundation · The Long Stems Foundation Inc · The Willinphila Foundation · Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund · The New York Community Trust · Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation · The Frederic C Hamilton Family Foundation · Edwin M Johnston Jr Family Foundation · The Sooner Foundation · Patterson Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Spofford Foundation Inc
- How much does The Spofford Foundation Inc give?
- The Spofford Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $103,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 27 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does The Spofford Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Education (19%), Health (17%).
- Who are The Spofford Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Assembly House 150 Inc ($85k), Fishers Island Recreational Path Foundation ($85k), Fishers Island Community Center Inc ($54k).
- Does The Spofford Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Spofford 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 Spofford Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fairfield Foundation, Fleetwood Foundation, The McCance Foundation.
- Where is The Spofford Foundation Inc based?
- The Spofford Foundation Inc is based in DE.
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