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Louis Dejoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc

Greensboro, NC · EIN 20-3466009. Reported 182 grants totalling $10.8M to 100 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$10.8Mgranted, 2021-2024
100organizations funded
61%of grantees funded again the next year
$49.3Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Louis Dejoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $1,126,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
28 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
35 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
20 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
36 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
27 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
9 grants
$100,000 and Up
27 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Duke UniversityDurham, NC$1,972,572442024
Elon UniversityElon, NC$1,845,102442024
Institute of World PoliticsWashington, DC$1,794,161442024
Victims of Communism Memorial FoundationWashington, DC$1,504,500332024
Dejoy Scholar ProgramGreensboro, NC$547,510222024
The Fund for American StudiesWashington, DC$470,653442024
Piedmont Triad Charitable FoundationGreensboro, NC$375,000442024
Ldj Global Strategies-Dejoy Scholar ProgramGreensboro, NC$320,834222022
Our Lady of Mercy AcademySyosset, NY$180,000332023
United Way of Greater GreensboroGreensboro, NC$151,568442024
American Red CrossWinstonsalem, NC$150,000222024
Piedmont Triad PartnershipGreensboro, NC$100,000442024
Samaritan's PurseBoone, NC$100,000112024
Winston-Salem OpenWinstonsalem, NC$100,000442024
Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC$90,000222023
Greensboro Police FoundationGreensboro, NC$85,000442024
Postal Employee's Relief FundFredericksburg, VA$76,000112021
Miriam P Brenner Children's MuseumGreensboro, NC$75,000332024
United Way of Greater High PointHigh Point, NC$56,136442024
Junior Achievement of the TriadGreensboro, NC$53,151442024
George W Bush Presidential CenterDallas, TX$50,000222022
The Community Foundation of Greater GreensboroGreensboro, NC$50,000222022
St Pius X Catholic ChurchGreensboro, NC$49,500222024
Greensboro Science CenterGreensboro, NC$40,250442024
Greensboro Chamber of CommerceGreensboro, NC$40,000442024
IcivicsWashington, DC$40,000442024
Well-Spring SolutionsGreensboro, NC$30,000442024
George W Bush FoundationDallas, TX$25,000112024
Supreme Court Historical SocietyWashington, DC$25,000112022
UncwWilmington, NC$25,000112024
Wyndham ChampionshipGreensboro, NC$25,000222024
Episcopal High SchoolAlexandria, VA$20,000112022
Family Service of Greensboro FoundationJamestown, NC$20,000222022
Family Service of GreensboroJamestown, NC$20,000222024
The Arts Council of Greater GreensboroGreensboro, NC$20,000222024
Council of American AmbassadorsWashington, DC$17,500442024
Order of MaltaWashington, DC$10,600442024
Grandfather Community FoundationLinville, NC$10,010112024
Combined Federal CampaignMadison, WI$10,000222022
Constituting AmericaColleyville, TX$10,000112024
Duke Cancer InstituteDurham, NC$10,000112023
Freedom HouseNew York, NY$10,000222023
Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem FoundationWashington, DC$10,000112021
NccjGreensboro, NC$10,000222022
Smithsonian National Postal MuseumWashington, DC$10,000112023
St Bernadette Catholic ChurchButner, NC$10,000112024
The Marcaccio Family Bread EndowmentGreensboro, NC$10,000112024
University of North Carolina PembrokePembroke, NC$10,000112021
Make-a-WishGreensboro, NC$9,500222024
Make-a-Wish - Central and Western NcGreensboro, NC$6,000112022
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred HeartBuffalo, NY$5,000112022
Best Friends FoundationWashington, DC$5,000222024
Elizabeth Dole FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112022
Feagin Leadership ProgramDurham, NC$5,000112021
St James Baptist ChurchGreensboro, NC$5,000112022
Uja Federation of New YorkNew York, NY$5,000112024
Wounded Warrior ProjectJacksonville, FL$5,000112022
American Institute of Polish CultureMiami, FL$4,600112022
Sanctuary HouseGreensboro, NC$4,500332024
Defense Forum FoundationFalls Church, VA$3,000332023
The Nido Qubein Associates Scholarship FundHigh Point, NC$3,000332024
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY$2,500112024
Emma Boyce (gofundme)West Hollywood, CA$1,976112023
Lanier BuildersGreensboro, NC$1,220112023
Atlanta Community Food BankAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Dix Hills Fire DepartmentDix Hills, NY$1,000112022
Duke Children's HospitalDurham, NC$1,000112024
Friends of Indus HospitalTeaneck, NJ$1,000112022
Hospice of the PiedmontHigh Point, NC$1,000112022
National Catholic Community FoundationCrownseville, MD$1,000112022
Polish Institute of Culture & ResearchOrchard Lake Village, MI$1,000112023
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$1,000112022
Teach for America - DC RegionWashington, DC$1,000112022
Tunnel to Towers FoundationStaten Island, NY$1,000112022
Young America's FoundationSanta Barbara, CA$1,000112021
Tomorrows America FoundationYork, SC$675112021
Falcon Children's HomeFalcon, NC$500112021
Foundation of FirsthealthPinehurst, NC$500112022
Grace Lutheran ChurchGreensboro, NC$500112022
Lillian Jordan Phillips Radiation & Oncology PavilionHigh Point, NC$500112022
Ovarian Cancer Research AllianceNew York, NY$500112023
Bravo Inn GreensboroGreensboro, NC$350112023
National Katyn Memorial FoundationBaltimore, MD$350222023
American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GA$300332023
Army Emergency ReliefArlington, VA$250112022
Authoracare CollectiveGreensboro, NC$250112021
Capital Area Food BankWashington, DC$250112021
Carteret County Historical SocietyMorehead City, NC$250112022
Cristo Rey NetworkChicago, IL$250112023
Crossnore Communities for ChildrenCrossnore, NC$250112023
First Presbyterian ChurchBethlehem, PA$250112021
Flint Groves Baptist ChurchGastonia, NC$250112021
Hyder Family HospiceDover, NH$250112023
Immanuel Christian SchoolSpringfield, VA$250112022
Pearl Harbor MuseumHonolulu, HI$250112022
Right to Life of Shelby CountySidney, OH$250112021
Society of St AndrewBig Island, VA$250112022
Trellis Supportive CareWinstonsalem, NC$250112022
Visiting Nurse Services & Hospice of SuffolkNorthport, NY$250112022
Polish-American Association of SarasotaSarasota, FL$100112023

41 of 100 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

Plus 3 grants to individuals totalling $1,500 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 95 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
23 grants
Human Services
16 grants
International Affairs
12 grants
Arts & Culture
12 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
12 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
4 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Civil Rights
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202143$2,033,102$10,000
202256$2,539,403$5,000
202344$3,453,298$10,000
202439$2,729,565$18,151

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 60% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

North Carolina
$6.4M
District of Columbia
$3.9M
New York
$205K
Virginia
$100K
Texas
$85K
Wisconsin
$10K
Florida
$10K
California
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in North Carolina.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Louis Dejoy & Aldona Z Wos Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 10373, Greensboro, NC, 27404. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 20-3466009 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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