Florida · Private foundation
Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc
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.
- $49k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,228
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $49k | 56% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $46k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Geneva School Inc | $16,228 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Science Centerinc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $3,648 | 2 | 0% |
| Spacekids Global Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chance 2 Dance Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Ramah Darom Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Central Florida Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Geneva School Inc | $16,228 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Science Centerinc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Charcot-Marie-Tooth Association | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $3,648 | 2 | 0% |
| Spacekids Global Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chance 2 Dance Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Ramah Darom Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Entrepreneurs Alliance of Orlando Inc | $1,750 | 2 | 17% |
| 4roots Foundation Inc | $1,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Congregation Ohev Shalom Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Reed Charitable Foundation Inc | $180 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc 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.
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How this is measured
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About Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc
- How much does Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc give?
- Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc reported 9 grants totaling $49,032 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Science & Tech (24%), Health (13%).
- Who are Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: University of Central Florida Foundation Inc ($40k), The Geneva School Inc ($16k), Orlando Science Centerinc ($15k).
- Does Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Why Not Change the World 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 Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Dr P Phillips Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc based?
- Why Not Change the World Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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