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Wayne Duddlesten Foundation Grant

Wayne Duddlesten Foundation

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.duddlesten.org/grant-guidelines/)._
  • The Foundation will make grants to educational institutions in support of their scholarship programs

Not eligible / not funded

  • Not eligible: Loans
  • Not eligible: Scholarships to individuals
  • Not eligible: The Foundation will not consider
  • Not eligible: Organizations funded primarily by public taxation or government funding
  • Not eligible: Art organizations (except as part of an education process)
  • Not eligible: Medical, scientific or academic research
  • Not eligible: Requests for endowments or capital campaigns
  • Not eligible: Organizations that practice political correctness, support cancel culture, revisionist history, or restrictions on constitutional rights
  • Not eligible: Funds for social or fraternal organizations including band and sports teams
  • Not eligible: Organizations which promote a secular religious message or a political candidate or profit-making enterprises
  • Not eligible: Requests for deficit funding or payment of fines/penalties
  • Not eligible: Activities that would jeopardize the Foundation’s charitable status

Overview

_NOTE:_

  • _Letter of Inquiry - This deadline represents the applicant contacting the Foundation before they apply. Our staff can help you decide whether it is worth your time and expenses to proceed with an application. The Foundation prefers not to accept unsolicited requests/grant applications._
  • _Full Proposal - To be considered for funding, a grant application must be completed. The Foundation may request additional information in writing from applicants. Grants are approved once a year at a quarterly board meeting. Applicants will be notified of the board’s decision to approve or deny a grant within two weeks following the grant approval board meeting._

Wayne Duddlesten Foundation Grant

The Wayne Duddlesten Foundation supports programs that work to resolve societal problems strategically.

Because the Foundation receives more proposals than it can fund, it should not be interpreted that submitting a grant request is an indication of likely support. Every grant should be understood to be issued on a one-time basis.

Limited grants may be made to projects and programs of special interest to Wayne Duddlesten Foundation board members.

Since education is a key to society’s ills, funding for education programs that work.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

  • The Foundation makes grants to charitable organizations that have been recognized by the IRS as being described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and public charities rather than private foundations.
    • The Foundation will make grants to educational institutions in support of their scholarship programs.

Ineligibility

  • The Foundation does not make grants, loans or scholarships to individuals.
  • The Foundation will not consider:
    • Organizations funded primarily by public taxation or government funding
    • Art organizations (except as part of an education process)
    • Medical, scientific or academic research
    • Requests for endowments or capital campaigns
    • Organizations that practice political correctness, support cancel culture, revisionist history, or restrictions on constitutional rights
    • Funds for social or fraternal organizations including band and sports teams
    • Organizations which promote a secular religious message or a political candidate or profit-making enterprises
    • Requests for deficit funding or payment of fines/penalties
    • Activities that would jeopardize the Foundation’s charitable status

What Wayne Duddlesten Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024
35
Total given
$7.42M
Median grant
$75K
Range
$5,000–$4.1M
  • By dollars: Arizona 55%, Texas 29%, Florida 9%. Top recipient cities: Houston, TX; Round Top, TX; Phoenix, AZ.
  • 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 11% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ

    General use

    $4.1M

  • Prageru · Hollywood, FL

    General use

    $500K

  • Chinquapin Preparatory School · Highlands, TX

    General use

    $300K

  • Communities in Schools Houston · Houston, TX

    General use

    $300K

  • Constituting America Inc · Colleyville, TX

    General use

    $200K

IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Education

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