Funding search · EIN 461834414 · Charleston, SC

The Watts Family Foundation

Name: The Watts Family Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

21
grants reported: $892,000
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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.

Grant history

All 21 reported grants, largest first.

$170,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
General operating grant
$118,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2021
General operating grant
$99,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operating grant
$80,000
The Citadel Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating grant
$50,000
Roper St Francis Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating grant
$50,000
Roper St Francis Foundation · Ladson, SC · 2022
General operating grant
$50,000
The University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
General operating grant
$36,000
Good Friends of the Lowcountry · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating grant
$29,000
The Citadel Brigadier Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
General operating grant
$25,000
Charlotte Ballet · Charlotte, NC · 2024
General operating grant
$25,000
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
General operating grant
$25,000
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation · Dulles, VA · 2021
General operating grant
$25,000
Roper St Francis Foundation · Ladson, SC · 2021
General operating grant
$25,000
The Citadel Brigadier Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2021
General operating grant
$20,000
Amplify · Glastonbury, CT · 2022
General operating grant
$15,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2024
General operating grant
$15,000
Open Space Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating grant
$15,000
Open Space Institute · Stevensville, MT · 2022
General operating grant
$10,000
Open Space Institute · Stevensville, MT · 2021
General operating grant
$5,000
Belle W Baruch Foundation · Georgetown, SC · 2024
General operating grant
$5,000
Good Friends of the Lowcountry · Charleston, SC · 2022
General operating grant

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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.