Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Miramar Beach, FL EIN: 20-4475403

Destin Charity Wine Auction is a public charity based in Miramar Beach, Florida. Its stated mission is to raise funds for charitable organizations whose primary function is caring for children in distress and need.

Key facts about Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc

In short: Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc gave $2.5M across 12 grants in 2025 (avg $207K), mostly in Florida. 8% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
20-4475403
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$2,484,000
Grants made (2025)
12
Average grant
$207,000
Median grant
$207,000
New grantees (estimate)
8% first-time grantees (1 of 12, 2025; small sample)
Total assets
$4,363,097
Primary geography
Florida (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$4.4M

+7.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$2.5M

+10.9% YoY

Grant Count

12

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$207K

+10.9% YoY

Is Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc open to new grantees?

8%

first-time grantees, 2025

In 2025, 1 of 12 grantees (8%) were first-time recipients. With only 12 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 8 points. First grants averaged $285K; repeat grants $200K. How we count

Medians: $285K first-time, $206K repeat.

  • 92% of 2025 grantees were also funded in 2024. Method
  • Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+5%). Method

Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2020–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.

Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.

Mission & Focus Areas

The organization states that its mission is to raise funds for charitable organizations whose primary function is caring for children in distress and need. Its 2024 filing says its program achieved increased awareness and funding for the charities it helps.

Grantmaking

In filing year 2025, Destin Charity Wine Auction reported 12 grants totaling $2,484,000. Grant amounts ranged from $137,000 to $285,000, with a median of $207,000. The listed purposes were “CHARITY.”

Recipients included Walton HFH ($285,000), Boys & Girls CEC ($260,000), EM Coast Child A ($230,000), Children in Cris ($228,000), and Sacred Heart Fou ($210,000).

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

All reported grant dollars in filing year 2025 went to recipients in Florida.

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 12 itemized grants.

States

Cities

Fort WaltonSanta RosaNicevilleDestinFt Walton BPensacola

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M3 grants2020 12 grants2021 12 grants2022 12 grants2023 12 grants2024 12 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $24K (2020) to $2.5M (2025). In 2025 it made 12 grants totaling $2.5M.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 10 recipients in 2025

Walton HFH: $285KWalton HFH$285KBoys & Girls CEC: $260KBoys & Girls CEC$260KEm Coast Child a: $230KEm Coast Child a$230KChildren in Cris: $228KChildren in Cris$228KSacred Heart Fou: $210KSacred Heart Fou$210KEm Coast Autism: $208KEm Coast Autism$208KCaring & Sharing: $206KCaring & Sharing$206KEllison Ingram F: $200KEllison Ingram F$200KChild Volu HLTH: $180KChild Volu HLTH$180KOpportunity Inc: $175KOpportunity Inc$175K

The largest 2025 recipient was Walton HFH ($285K). Together the top 10 received $2.2M.

Grant Size Distribution

60 grants across all recorded years

<$50K3$50–100K46$100–250K11$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 46 grants of 60 (77%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Walton HFH Santa Rosa, FLCharity$285,000
Boys & Girls CEC Fort Walton, FLCharity$260,000
Em Coast Child a Niceville, FLCharity$230,000
Children in Cris Fort Walton, FLCharity$228,000
Sacred Heart Fou Fort Walton, FLCharity$210,000
Em Coast Autism Niceville, FLCharity$208,000
Caring & Sharing Santa Rosa, FLCharity$206,000
Ellison Ingram F Destin, FLCharity$200,000
Child Volu HLTH Santa Rosa, FLCharity$180,000
Opportunity Inc Fort Walton, FLCharity$175,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Filing year Assets Revenue Expenses Grants
2025 $4,363,097 $4,004,664 $3,951,547 $2,484,000
2024 $4,072,563 $3,866,940 $3,835,481 $2,240,000
2023 $4,427,064 $3,827,801 $4,004,683 $2,378,100
Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$2M$4M$6M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$4,363,097$4,072,563$4,427,064
Revenue$4,004,664$3,866,940$3,827,801
Expenses$3,951,547$3,835,481$4,004,683
Net Investment Income$128,326$66,620$80,865

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 8, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 22, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS December 13, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS February 10, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS December 15, 2025)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings

The 2025 filing lists Jeff Garrard, Justin Phelps (chairman), Robert H (secretary), George Brannon (vice chair), Chris Abbott (past chair), Jack Wilson, Doug Ingram (treasurer), Farrar Barker, Joan Carter, and KFridley-Young (president) as officers or directors.

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc is led by KFridley-Young, President on every filing since 2023; 1 of 24 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • KFridley-Young

    President

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $99K (2023) → $125K (2025)

  • Justin Phelps

    Chairman

    Director → Chairman, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bob Kirk

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cory Fosdyck

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeanne Dailey

    Director

    Chairman → Past Chair, 2024

    Past Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Garrard

    Director

    Past Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joan Carter

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lane Redding

    Director

    Chairman → Past Chair, 2023

    Past Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Saffell

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Van Geeker

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Stegbauer

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dana Hahn

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dc Matthews

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Farrar Barker

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Wilson

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    Secretary → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dana Banks

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Goodman

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Babcock

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephen Carter

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Abbott

    Past Chair

    Chair Elect → Chairman, 2024

    Chairman → Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Doug Ingram

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Brannon

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2020

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • T. Edwards

    Chair Elect

    Director → Chair Elect, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert H.

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (25)
  • Former: John Jansen (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: R. Hinojosa (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Roger Hall (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: P. Wellborn (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Bob Gelardi (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Keith Dean (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kurtis Wolff (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Steve Carter (2020–2023) — Secretary
  • Former: Audie Rowell (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Dana Crowe (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mike Stickler (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Rob Hinojosa (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chan Cox (2020–2022) — Found. Trustee
  • Former: John Russell (2020–2022) — President
  • Former: Pam Wellborn (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Tiffany Edward (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Cathy Hay (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: David Mars (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: John Hawkins (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: M. Stickler (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rob Wood (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Shannon Amos (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Chuck Palmore (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jana Walker (2020) — Director
  • Former: John Roby (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

KFridley-Young — President: $125KKFridley-YoungPresident$125K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $125K, to KFridley-Young (President).

Contact

Mailing address: 600 Grand Blvd Ste 206, Miramar Beach, FL 32550-1403
Phone: (850) 650-3732

Frequently asked questions about Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc

How much does Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc give each year?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc gave $2.5M across 12 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $2.2M across 12 grants.

What is Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's typical grant size?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's median grant in 2025 was $207,000, and its average grant was $207,000, across 12 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc that year got $285K on average.

Where does Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc give grants?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc gives mostly in Florida: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were Fort Walton, FL (5 grants), Santa Rosa, FL (4 grants) and Niceville, FL (2 grants).

Does Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 12 grants with a stated purpose on Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Charity" (12 grants).

Who are Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's largest grantees?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's largest 2025 grantees include Walton HFH ($285,000), Boys & Girls CEC ($260,000) and Em Coast Child a ($230,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 31% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.

How large is Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc reported $4.4M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $4.0M.

What does Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc fund?

The organization states that its mission is to raise funds for charitable organizations whose primary function is caring for children in distress and need. Its 2024 filing says its program achieved increased awareness and funding for the charities it helps. See mission & focus areas ↑

How do I apply for a grant from Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.

What is Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's EIN?

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-4475403. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.

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