Charles and Melanie Winton Foundation

• The foundation accepts no unsolicited requests and makes grants only to organisations it has preselected, so an organisation without an existing link should not send a cold proposal.
• Its stated fields are affordable housing, education, health and wellness, and social justice, and most of its grants have been operating support for colleges, schools, churches and community organisations, so work in those areas is the closest fit.
• Its priority area is greater Fort Myers and the greater Charlotte, North Carolina market, as reported in other published sources; its grants have also gone to organisations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, though that spread is inferred from its grants rather than stated as a limit.
• About 8 in 10 of its 43 grants fall between $2,000 and $110,000, but half were $10,000 or less, so a modest request near $10,000 is the realistic size; its largest grant was about $155,000.
• Giving is heavily repeat: 61% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in earlier filings, so a first grant is less typical than renewed support.

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

• Claflin University · Operations
  $115,0002024 tax year
• Habitat for Humanity · Operations
  $100,0002024 tax year
• Christian Brothers University · Operations
  $55,0002024 tax year
• Saint John Baptist Church · Operations
  $25,0002024 tax year
• Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute · Operations
  $20,0002024 tax year
• Classroom Central · Operations
  $15,0002024 tax year
• Prayer Temple COGIC · Operations
  $15,0002024 tax year
• Gaston Christian School · Operations
  $12,5002024 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.