Funding search · EIN 851227279 · Sanford, FL

Wharton-Smith Foundation

Name: Wharton-Smith Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

19
grants reported: $4.5M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “deland” · $75,000

$75,000
City of Deland · Deland, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation

Grant history

All 19 reported grants, largest first.

$1.5M
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$1.5M
Foundation for Seminole State Colle · Lake Mary, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$1.0M
Habitat for Humanity · Orlando, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$75,000
City of Deland · Deland, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$70,000
Community Housing Development Opera · Orlando, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$70,000
Ucf Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$30,000
Jxn Water · Jackson, MS · 2025
Charitable Donation
$30,000
Unf Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$30,000
Atlantic Center for the Arts · New Smyrna Beach, FL · 2023
Charitable Donation
$30,000
Indian River State College Foundati · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$25,000
Atlantic Center for the Arts · New Smyrna Beach, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$25,000
The Christian Sharing Center · Longwood, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$25,000
University of West Florida · Pensacola, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$25,000
Central Florida Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$20,000
Coalition for the Homless · Orlando, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation
$20,000
The Spring of Tampa Bay · Tampa, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$10,000
Coalition for the Homless · Orlando, FL · 2024
Charitable Donation
$6,000
Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL · 2022
Charitable Donation
$3,950
Minneola Horizon Academy · Lake Mary, FL · 2025
Charitable Donation

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.