Woodlawn Foundation
New Rochelle, NY · EIN 13-3055729. Reported 218 grants totalling $69.4M to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Woodlawn Foundation, the IRS classifies it under religion rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE X220) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 14% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 87% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $172,583. Half of what it reported fell between $73,687 and $325,199; the smallest was $5,188 and the largest $4,668,402. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
3 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $716,167 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Hill Place Inc | New York, NY | $10.0M | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Riverside Study Center Inc | New York, NY | $5,621,995 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Oakton Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $4,460,900 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei | New York, NY | $3,021,887 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Fairest Love Shrine | Los Angeles, CA | $3,010,375 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association for Educational Development | Park Ridge, IL | $2,979,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trimount Foundation Inc | New Rochelle, NY | $2,623,593 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Stonecrest Home Arts Inc | Washington, DC | $2,372,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Crawford Foundation Inc | New Rochelle, NY | $2,223,971 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Castlewood Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,032,580 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tilden Study Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $2,025,151 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wynncliff Inc | Chicago, IL | $1,990,717 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rosemoor Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,766,065 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| The Sparhawk Foundation Inc | Millis, MA | $1,734,021 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Tenley Study Center Inc | Washington, DC | $1,546,336 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Arnold Hall Inc | Pembroke, MA | $1,497,981 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Berkland Foundation Inc | Berkeley, CA | $1,267,523 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Peninsula Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $1,233,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wingren Foundation Inc | Irving, TX | $1,132,496 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wyoming House Inc | Washington, DC | $1,102,360 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Windmoor Foundation Inc | South Bend, IN | $1,094,580 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chaucer Drive Study Center Inc | Houston, TX | $1,086,700 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Darien Study Center Inc | Darien, IL | $1,040,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Midtown Cultural Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $975,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Longlea Conference Center Inc | Boston, VA | $936,663 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Reston Study Center Inc | Reston, VA | $891,442 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Elmbrook Inc | Cambridge, MA | $864,182 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chestnut Hill Foundation Inc | Chestnut Hill, MA | $862,400 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Green Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $846,450 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Wespine Study Center Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $765,302 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kingsland Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $675,860 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Warwick Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $555,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Layton Study Center Inc | Brookfield, WI | $551,014 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Palmtrail Inc | Miami, FL | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Nassau Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | $443,725 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hawthorn Foundation Inc | Harvard, MA | $437,605 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Universidad Monteavila Foundation Corp | Miami, FL | $390,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Southmore Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $366,136 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Menlough Study Center Inc | Menlo Park, CA | $300,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Association for Cultural Interchange Inc | New York, NY | $290,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Sauganash Study Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $213,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southgate Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $209,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Shellbourne Inc | Valparaiso, IN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Montevista Foundation Inc | Shavano Park, TX | $186,100 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Featherock Conference Center Inc | Schulenburg, TX | $150,739 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mathewson Foundation Inc | Providence, RI | $129,282 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Petawa Residence and Cultural Center Inc | Brookfield, WI | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Roseaire Retreat Inc | Delray Beach, FL | $118,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Midtown Cultural Center Inc | Chicago, IL | $109,900 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Eastwood Study Center | Concord, CA | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Tilden Summer Camp Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $82,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Corporation for Social and Educational Development | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trumbull Manor Inc | Novato, CA | $38,980 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Romana Bulletin Inc | New Rochelle, NY | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Southmont Foundation Inc | South Orange, NJ | $29,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Midtown-Metro Achievement Centers | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northridge Preparatory School Inc | Niles, IL | $18,211 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Magnalia Foundation Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $15,153 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pontifical University of the Holy Cross Foundation | New York, NY | $12,550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Summit Educational Association Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heights Foundation Inc | New Rochelle, NY | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
49 of 61 (80%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Riverside Study Center Inc
$92,250 for operations; $4,576,152 for renovation of physical plant. - Murray Hill Place Inc
$1,657,267 FOR OPERATIONS; AND $2,185,000 FOR NEW CHILLERS OF HVAC SYSTEM$1,657,267 FOR OPERATIONS; AND $2,185,000 FOR NEW CHILLERS OF HVAC SYSTEM - Bella Terra Conference Center Inc
ACQUISITION OF SITE FOR SHRINE OF MARY, MOTHER OF FAIREST LOVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - Oakton Foundation Inc
$95,900 FOR OPERATIONS; AND $1,490,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STUDY CENTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. - Wynncliff Inc
expansion of conference center in Wisconsin - Stonecrest Home Arts Inc
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW STUDY CENTER IN GREAT FALLS, VA
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 49 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 46 | $15.7M | $142,500 |
| 2021 | 44 | $17.0M | $184,800 |
| 2022 | 43 | $11.3M | $187,646 |
| 2023 | 44 | $13.2M | $178,524 |
| 2024 | 41 | $12.2M | $171,215 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
37% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $172,583 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Woodlawn Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 56 Harrison Street 401, New Rochelle, NY, 10801.
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