Delaware · Private foundation
Watermark Auto Group 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.
- $11k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Watermark Auto Group Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 5 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $26k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $151k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $153k | 31% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $101k | 55% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $74k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi | $75,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Marion Medical Mission | $46,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Marion Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Promise Mission | $33,692 | 6 | 18% |
| Rend Lake College Foundation | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Artstarts Company | $27,900 | 5 | 9% |
| Southern Illinois Community Foundation | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ Inc | $20,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Market Street Music Conservatory | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Unit 2 Public Schools Foundation Inc | $12,650 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi | $75,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Marion Medical Mission | $46,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Marion Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $45,000 | 6 | n/a |
| The Promise Mission | $33,692 | 6 | 18% |
| Rend Lake College Foundation | $30,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Artstarts Company | $27,900 | 5 | 9% |
| Southern Illinois Community Foundation | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ Inc | $20,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Market Street Music Conservatory | $20,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Unit 2 Public Schools Foundation Inc | $12,650 | 4 | n/a |
| Marion Rotary Club Scholarship Foudation Inc | $10,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rotary District 6510 Charities | $7,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Survivor Empowerment Center Inc | $7,400 | 2 | 0% |
| The Voyage Senior Living | $6,200 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Carbondale | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Williamson County Historical Society | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Book for Hope Inc | $5,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Marion Cultural & Civic Center Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pony Baseball Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois University- Carbondale | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lighthouse Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Cochlear Implant Awareness Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clarity Womens Care | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Marion Ministerial Alliance | $3,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Centerstone of Illinois Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fowler-Bonan Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Veterans Honor Flight of Southern Illinois | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Victory Through Grace Ministries | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Mentors 4 Kids Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Illinois Baptist Childrens Home and Family Services | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| John a Logan College Foundation | $1,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Illinois Advance Team | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Evangelism Fellowship Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($170k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Watermark Auto Group 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: Fred G Harrison Foundation · Broemmel Foundation · Freedom Foundation Inc · Southern Illinois Hospital Services · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Watermark Auto Group Foundation
- How much does Watermark Auto Group Foundation give?
- Watermark Auto Group Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $11,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Watermark Auto Group Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Youth Development (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Watermark Auto Group Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinoi ($76k), Marion Medical Mission ($47k), Marion Chamber of Commerce Foundation ($45k).
- Does Watermark Auto Group Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Watermark Auto Group 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 Watermark Auto Group Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fred G Harrison Foundation, Broemmel Foundation, Freedom Foundation Inc.
- Where is Watermark Auto Group Foundation based?
- Watermark Auto Group Foundation is based in DE.
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