Delaware · Private foundation
The Windfall Foundation
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.
- $185k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Windfall Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 16 | $185k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $185k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $185k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $185k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $185k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $187k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $187k | 13% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $240,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Fountain House Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Blue Hill Troupe Ltd | $70,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tower Hill School Association | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $240,000 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House of New York Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New York | $80,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Fountain House Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Blue Hill Troupe Ltd | $70,000 | 7 | 3% |
| The Metropolitan Opera Guild Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Tower Hill School Association | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wnet | $16,170 | 8 | 0% |
| Canterbury Choral Society Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 3% |
| New York Public Radio | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Stratford Hall | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($493k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Windfall 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Windfall Foundation
- How much does The Windfall Foundation give?
- The Windfall Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $185,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Windfall Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Religion (27%), Health (27%).
- Who are The Windfall Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($240k), University of Delaware ($120k), Edith Wharton Restoration Inc ($105k).
- Does The Windfall Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Windfall 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 Windfall Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Windfall Foundation based?
- The Windfall Foundation is based in DE.
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