Wayne M Densch Charitable Trust

• The trust was founded to help the poor, elderly and homeless, and its application information says programme requests must assist disadvantaged persons, so your work fits best if it serves those groups.
• Most of its grants fall between $1,500 and $250,000, and half of its 49 grants to organisations were $25,000 or less, with a median of $25,000, so a modest request near that level matches its usual pattern; its largest grant, $550,000, went to a regranting body and should not be read as a typical size.
• Its filing states no geographic focus, although its grants are mainly in Florida, so an organisation based elsewhere should not assume it is excluded.
• Submit organisational and board profiles, financial statements and details of the programme request, and note that no deadlines are given in the filing.
• Since 98% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded in earlier filings, it relies heavily on repeat giving, which does not rule out a first approach but makes a clear match to its stated themes important.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• University of Central Florida Foundation · General operating expense
  $250,0002024 tax year
• Central Florida YMCA · General operating expense
  $200,0002024 tax year
• Seminole Soccer Club · Field lighting project
  $135,0002024 tax year
• Boy Scouts of America Central Florida Council · General operating expense
  $60,0002024 tax year
• Support Our Scholars · General operating expense
  $50,0002024 tax year
• 100 Black Men of Orlando · Scholarships
  $50,0002024 tax year
• Chance 2 Dance · General operating expense
  $45,0002024 tax year
• Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens · Free admissions/ distance learning
  $43,9402024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.