Funding search · EIN 872389539 · Wilmington, DE

Big Joy Foundation

Name: Big Joy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

32
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $32,698
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.

2 grants matching “buses” · $172,618

$139,498
Servlife International · Indianpolis, IN · 2024
Two new school buses for children in northeast india
$33,120
Servlife International · Indianpolis, IN · 2023
Two new school buses for children in northeast india

Grant history

All 32 reported grants, largest first.

$144,200
Serve Now - Teach Housing Lagutu Sc · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
New school classroom building in kassanda, uganda
$139,498
Servlife International · Indianpolis, IN · 2024
Two new school buses for children in northeast india
$100,000
Denver Film Society · Denver, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$100,000
World Vision - Northern Zambia Wash · Denver, CO · 2023
Norther zambia wash
$90,725
Servenow · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$86,250
Servenow · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Chitwan lighthouse project in nepaluganda school building
$65,558
World Relief · Washington, DC · 2024
Donation
$56,450
Servlife International · Indianapolis, IN · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Ndoto · Dallas, TX · 2025
classroom building fund at Ndoto Academy in Kisumu, Kenya
$50,000
Ndoto · Dallas, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
River'S Promise · Frederick, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$50,000
Serve Now - Teach Housing Lagutu Sc · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
New school classroom building in kassanda, uganda
$48,500
Idea · Weslaco, TX · 2024
Donation
$42,000
International Deaf Education Association · Billings, MT · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$39,000
Big D Vision Orphans · Grand Prairie, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$33,120
Servlife International · Indianpolis, IN · 2023
Two new school buses for children in northeast india
$32,276
Servenow · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
The High 5 Youth Development Training Center
$29,500
Mosaic International Ministries · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$25,000
Step International · Bellville, TX · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$22,000
The Shepherd Fund · Dayton, OH · 2023
Donation
$20,000
Central Indiana Youth for Christ · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Lutheran Hour Ministries · St Louis, MO · 2022
International ministries - middle east/north africa
$19,500
Servenow · Colorado Springs, CO · 2025
Lighthouse Center for Children in Balkhu Slum, Kathmandu, Nepal
$19,308
Ndoto for Africa'S Future · Dallas, TX · 2024
Donation
$18,500
Kidz at Heart International · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Donation
$15,500
Kidz at Heart International · Mesa, AZ · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$14,782
Developmental Disabilities · San Diego, CA · 2024
Donation
$12,500
Kims Open Door · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,060
Step International · Bellville, TX · 2024
Donation
$10,000
Edify · San Diego, CA · 2025
General & Unrestricted
$10,000
Lutheran Hour Ministries · St Louis, MO · 2024
Donation
$8,500
West African Development & Support Org - Pb House Liberia · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Pb house liberia

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