Florida · Private foundation
WJ & Lela Budwine 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.
- $50k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $40k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $80k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $46k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $76k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $67k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $75k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $3.0M | 64% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $236k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $2,085,092 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Studio Theatre Inc | $170,250 | 8 | 0% |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | $70,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Women's Resource Center of Manatee Inc | $47,150 | 7 | 1% |
| Texas Lutheran University | $32,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Symphony Society | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mars Hill Bible School | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Girls Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Goodwill Industries - Manasota Inc | $8,520 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget WJ & Lela Budwine 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.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · The Mary Parker Foundation 157823-000 · The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc · The Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc
- How much does WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc give?
- WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc reported 5 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Arts & Culture (9%), Education (3%).
- Who are WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Christian Foundation Inc ($2.1M), Florida Studio Theatre Inc ($170k), University of South Florida Foundation Inc ($70k).
- Does WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does WJ & Lela Budwine 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 WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, The Mary Parker Foundation 157823-000, The Tillie Jennie & Harold Schwartz Foundation Inc.
- Where is WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc based?
- WJ & Lela Budwine Foundation Inc is based in FL.
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