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Prince Eldred and Sarah Wooten Foun

Orlando, FL · EIN 56-6429281. Reported 147 grants totalling $467,800 to 50 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$467,800granted, 2020-2024
50organizations funded
81%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,325,400assets, 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. Prince Eldred and Sarah Wooten Foun 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $4,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
1 grant
$1,000 - $5,000
120 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 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
Wake Forest University Ahtletics Attn Mike PiscetelliWinston Salem, NC$55,900442024
Clemson University Office of Development Attn Brandy PageClemson, SC$30,900442024
Coastal Educational Foundation IncConway, SC$25,000552024
Southeastern Community College Foundation IncWhiteville, NC$23,000552024
First Presbyterian Church of LorisLoris, SC$21,000442024
Long Bay Symphonic Society LtdMyrtle Beach, SC$20,000552024
First United Methodist Church of ConwayConway, SC$16,000552024
Patricia Neal Rehabilitation CenterKnoxville, TN$16,000552024
Mobile Meal Service of Spartanburg County IncSpartanburg, SC$15,000552024
Soup Kitchen of Spartanburg IncSpartanburg, SC$15,000552024
South Carolina Historical SocietyCharleston, SC$15,000552024
Bee Mighty Attn Joanna KayCharlotte, NC$14,000552024
Francis B Ford Cancer Treatment CenterGeorgetown, SC$14,000552024
R& K Praise Ministries LLCConway, SC$13,000332024
Wake Forest UniversityWinstonsalem, NC$13,000112020
Belle W Baruch FoundationGeorgetown, SC$12,500552024
Brookgreen GardensPawleys Island, SC$12,500552024
Samaritans PurseBoone, NC$10,800552024
Horry County Museum FoundationConway, SC$10,000442023
Carolina Master Chorale IncConway, SC$9,500552024
Camp Diversity FoundationBlack Mountain, NC$8,000442024
Habitat for Humanity International IncSpartanburg, SC$7,000332022
Rkpraise Ministries LLCConway, SC$7,000222021
Clemson University FoundationClemson, SC$6,500112020
The Salvation ArmySpartanburg, SC$6,500332022
Clemson UniversityClemson, SC$6,000112020
Maple Baptist ChurchConway, SC$6,000552024
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System FoundationSpartanburg, SC$6,000332022
Loris Seacoast Healthcare FoundationLittle River, SC$5,000552024
Swan BallNashville, TN$5,000112024
First Presbyterian Church SpartanburgSpatanburg, SC$4,000112024
Mercy HospiceMyrtle Beach, SC$4,000332024
Connie Maxwell Children's Home C/O Dr Ben Davis PresidentGreenwood, SC$3,500222022
Homes for Our Troops IncTaunton, MA$3,500222021
Coastal Life Community ChurchMyrtle Beach, SC$3,000332023
Youth Empowerment Through Arts Arts & HumantiesMurfreesboro, TN$3,000222022
Epic Church of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$2,000112020
Fellowship of Christain AthletesKanas City, MO$2,000112024
First Baptist Church of Spartanburg IncSpartanburg, SC$2,000112020
First Presbyterian ChurchLoris, SC$2,000112020
Horry County Memorial LibraryLoris, SC$2,000222022
Mercy CareMyrtle Beach, SC$2,000222021
Salvation Army Upstate ScSpantanburg, SC$2,000112023
St Luke's Free Medical ClinicSpartanburg, SC$1,500112024
Varna Music AcademyColumbia, SC$1,200112022
Clarkton Presbyterian ChurchClarkton, NC$1,000112021
First Tee of Greater Philadelphia inPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112021
Horry County Memorial Library Endowment FdConway, SC$1,000112020
Lower Cape Fear LifecareConway, SC$1,000112024
The First Tee of Greater PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA$1,000112020

33 of 50 (66%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 81%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 45 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
10 grants
Education
7 grants
Environment
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
5 grants
Religion
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Youth Development
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202032$90,000$2,000
202132$92,000$2,000
202231$102,800$2,500
202325$90,500$3,000
202427$92,500$2,500

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. 66% of this one's giving went to organizations in South Carolina. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

South Carolina
$309K
North Carolina
$126K
Tennessee
$24K
Pennsylvania
$4K
Massachusetts
$4K
Missouri
$2K

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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 $2,500. 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 South 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 Prince Eldred and Sarah Wooten Foun's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 919798, Orlando, FL, 32891. 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 56-6429281 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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