Funding search · EIN 831704737 · Bluffton, SC

The Watterson Family Foundation

Name: The Watterson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

65
grants reported: $307,290
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

social service education welfare community humanitarian ministry children

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Opfob3 grants · $37,500
Blacquity Sc3 grants · $26,500
Antioch Educational Center3 grants · $25,400
University of Findlay3 grants · $20,400
Deep Well Project3 grants · $19,800
Real Champions3 grants · $19,000
Changing Our Image Now Project3 grants · $17,500
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen2 grants · $12,650
Bluffton Self Help2 grants · $12,150
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic3 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$116,780

2022

$92,630

2023

$97,880

2024

Grant history

All 65 reported grants, largest first.

$14,000
Blacquity Sc · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Empowering minority businesses
$12,500
Opfob · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Veteran assistance
$12,500
Opfob · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Veteran assistance
$12,500
Opfob · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Veteran assistance
$11,600
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Food pantry
$10,400
Antioch Educational Center · Ridgeland, SC · 2022
Education
$10,000
Ada Exempt Village Schools · Ada, OH · 2024
Education
$10,000
Antioch Educational Center · Ridgeland, SC · 2023
Education
$10,000
Ada Exempted Village Schools · Ada, OH · 2022
Student support
$8,400
University of Findlay · Findlay, OH · 2022
Education
$7,500
Boys and Girls Club of the Lc · Toledo, OH · 2024
Social service
$7,500
Blacquity Sc · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Empowering minority businesses
$7,500
Changing Our Image Now Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Community welfare
$6,600
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Social service
$6,600
Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Social service
$6,600
Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Social service
$6,600
Deep Well Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Social service
$6,500
Real Champions · Ridgeland, SC · 2023
Poverty alleviation
$6,250
Real Champions · Ridgeland, SC · 2024
Poverty alleviation
$6,250
Real Champions · Ridgeland, SC · 2022
Poverty alleviation
$6,050
Bluffton Community Soup Kitchen · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Social service
$6,000
University of Findlay · Findlay, OH · 2024
Education
$6,000
University of Findlay · Findlay, OH · 2023
Education
$6,000
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic · Hilton Head, SC · 2022
Health
$5,000
Antioch Educational Center · Ridgeland, SC · 2024
Education
$5,000
Blacquity Sc · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Empowering minority businesses
$5,000
Bluffton Mlk Observance · Bluffton, SC · 2024
Social service
$5,000
Changing Our Image Now Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Community welfare
$5,000
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Discretionary
$5,000
Bluffton Mlk Observance Committee · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Community welfare
$5,000
Changing Our Image Now Project · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Community welfare
$5,000
Lowcountry Gullah Foundation · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Program support
$5,000
Bluffton Mlk Observance Committee · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Community welfare
$5,000
Community Found of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Help 4 hope social welfare
$5,000
The Children'S Center · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Children welfare
$4,250
Sandalwood Community Food Pantry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Social service
$3,000
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Health
$3,000
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic · Hilton Head, SC · 2023
Health
$3,000
Pure Inc Dba Pure Charity · Bentonville, AR · 2022
Social service
$2,500
Meals On Wheels · Toledo, OH · 2024
Social service
$2,500
Community Found of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Help 4 hope social welfare
$2,500
The First Tee - Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Youth ministry
$2,500
Family Promise of Beaufort County · Bluffton, SC · 2022
Help to families
$2,500
The First Tee of the Lowcountry · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Youth ministry
$2,000
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2024
Ministry-survivors domestic violence
$2,000
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2023
Ministry-survivors domestic violence
$1,680
Kore Foundation · Gallatin, TN · 2024
Humanitarian assistance
$1,680
Kore Foundation · Gallatin, TN · 2023
Humanitarian assistance
$1,680
Kore Foundation · Gallatin, TN · 2022
Humanitarian assistance
$1,500
Hilton Head Island High School · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2024
Education
$1,500
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Sc · Greenville, SC · 2022
Benefit disadvantaged
$1,350
Hopeful Horizons · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Ministry-survivors domestic violence
$1,200
Skyline Church of Christ · Jackson, TN · 2024
Children's home
$1,200
Skyline Church of Christ · Jackson, TN · 2023
Children's home
$1,200
Skyline Church of Christ · Jackson, TN · 2022
Children's home
$1,000
Hilton Head Island High School · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Education
$1,000
Native Island Business & Community · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2023
Community improvement
$1,000
Beaufort-Jasper Eoc · Beaufort, SC · 2022
Economic improvement
$550
Bluffton Self Help · Bluffton, SC · 2023
Food pantry
$500
Hilton Head Regionatl Partnership F · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Discretionary
$500
Team Defying the Odds · Toledo, OH · 2024
Social service
$300
Hilton Head Hospital Auxillary · Hilton Head, SC · 2024
Discretionary
$300
The Hospital Auxiliary · Hilton Head, SC · 2023
Humanitarian
$300
Hospital Auxiliary · Hilton Head Island, SC · 2022
Humanitarian
$250
Legacy Collective · Austin, TX · 2023
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