· Private foundation
Wayne M Densch Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $177k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $444k
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUND | $250,000 |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA YMCA | $200,000 |
| BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL FL COUNCIL | $89,000 |
| UNITED ARTS COLLABORATIVE CAMPAIGN (CHANCE 2 DANCE) | $55,000 |
| 100 BLACK MEN OF ORLANDO | $50,000 |
| SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARS | $50,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE STATE COLLE | $47,000 |
| CENTRAL FLORIDA ZOO & BOTANICAL GARDEN | $43,940 |
| ORLANDO UNION RESCUE MISSION | $20,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $15,000 |
| BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY | $15,000 |
| HELPFUL HANDS INC | $15,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S ASSN - CNFL | $11,000 |
| RUSSELL HOME FOR ATYPICAL CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| WAYNE DENSCH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $181k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSEMINOLE SOCCER CLUB INC D/B/A ORLANDO CITY YOUTH SOCCER2× · 2023–2024 · $394k · revenue +19%
- C2CHANCE 2 DANCE INC3× · 2022–2024 · $135k · revenue +111%
- FFFOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA INC3× · 2023–2025 · $100k · revenue +56%
Funded once
- WMWAYNE M DENSCH CHARITIES INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $550k · revenue +135% · 40% of their budget
- UOUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FUNDone grant, 2022 · $250k
- WFWUERFFEL FOUNDATION INCgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +87% · 29% of their budget
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Florida community health centers, inc. (fchc) is a federally qualified health center serving medically needy populations in south florida, with an emphasis on serving rural and farm worker communities.
To raise funds and to hold, manage and invest the funds raised and then distribute earnings from such funds to sustain and support the canterbury school of florida, inc.
Florida college, as a private, independent liberal arts college, provides a comprehensive undergraduate experience designed to develop students spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially; to integrate into the students' lives the…
The homeless services network of central florida is the lead agency for the hud continuum of care supportive housing program, shelter, and care funding for osceola, seminole, and orange counties including the city of orlando. it…
Orlando Center for Justice, Inc.s mission is to bridge the access to justice gap in Florida for newcomers by helping these underserved communities navigate the legal system through education and innovation. We also walk alongside them,…
Lutheran services florida brings god's healing, hope, and help to people in need in the name of jesus christ.
Equality florida institute is the educational arm of the largest civil rights organization in florida dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The organization's mission is to promote the physical, mental & social well-being of seniors, disadvantaged families, the disabled and their caregivers by providing meals, adult day care, social services, and a variety of other services…
See schedule o for a complete description of the organization's mission
Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.
The mission of santafe healthcare, inc. is to serve as the not-for-profit system parent for its family of not-for-profit, mission-driven, affiliate organizations. see schedule o for continuation of the organization's mission. santafe…
The mission of heart of florida united way is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our communities. this is accomplished by standing up for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in central florida.
How this is measured
24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WAYNE M DENSCH CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds SEMINOLE SOCCER CLUB INC D/B/A ORLANDO CITY YOUTH SOCCER ↗
- Who funds CHANCE 2 DANCE INC ↗
- Who funds WUERFFEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds HELPFUL HANDS INC ↗
- Who funds The St Johns River Festival of the Arts Inc ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO UNION RESCUE MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds LINVILLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds KIDS HOUSE OF SEMINOLE INC ↗
- Who funds The Center for Alcohol Policy ↗
- Who funds ORLANDO MUSEUM OF ART INC ↗
- Who funds The Russell Home For Atypical Children Inc ↗
- Who funds ONEPULSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROADS CORRAL INC ↗
- Who funds Strengthen Orlando Inc ↗
- Who funds CROSSNORE COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc ↗
- Who funds MARJORIE WILLIAMS ACADEMY INCORPORATED ↗
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: Williams Family Foundation · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Central Florida Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wayne M Densch Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wayne M Densch Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Kids House of Seminole Inc: 10% of income from government
- Orlando Museum of Art Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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