Joseph W Craft III Foundation

• The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and gives only to organisations it has preselected, so a small charity should look for an introduction through a trusted contact rather than sending a cold application.
• Its typical grant falls between $10,000 and $1,000,000, and half of its grants to organisations are $100,000 or less, so a modest request sized near $100,000 or below fits its usual pattern, though its largest grant was $2,500,000.
• In its most recent filing, 64% of grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had funded before, so it appears to rely on established grantees and continuing relationships.
• No geographic focus is stated, and the filing does not name a field of funding, so a charity should judge fit from its own work and the kinds of organisations the foundation has supported, such as colleges, housing groups and youth organisations.
• Organisations that have not been invited to apply should not send it an unsolicited request.

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

• Msu Foundation · Charitable
  $1,320,0002024 tax year
• Shaping Our Appalachian Region · Charitable
  $1,312,5002024 tax year
• Alice Lloyd College · Charitable
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Charitable
  $925,0002024 tax year
• Boys and Girls Club · Charitable
  $702,8612024 tax year
• Red River Economic Development · Charitable
  $520,0002024 tax year
• Housing Development Alliance · Charitable
  $317,8002024 tax year
• Government Accountability Oversight · Charitable
  $300,0002024 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.