Virginia · Private foundation
Winding Road Foundation
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.
- $231k
- Granted FY2023
- 12
- Grants FY2023
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $13,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $90,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 7
- Total assets, FY2023
- $6k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Winding Road Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 12 | $231k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $200k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dream Catchers | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Peninsula Foodbank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natasha House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Smithfield Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaritan's Purse | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Gary Sinise Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dream Catchers | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Virginia Peninsula Foodbank | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| NAMI National | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Jed Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natasha House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Smithfield Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ou Medicine Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($246k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Winding Road 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.
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How this is measured
About Winding Road Foundation
- How much does Winding Road Foundation give?
- Winding Road Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $230,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Winding Road Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2023, its largest causes are Health (58%), Human Services (7%), International (7%).
- Who are Winding Road Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2023: Samaritan's Purse ($30k), Gary Sinise Foundation ($20k), Dream Catchers ($20k).
- Does Winding Road Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Winding Road 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 Winding Road Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Winding Road Foundation based?
- Winding Road Foundation is based in VA.
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