Dew Foundation

The information for Dew Foundation is as of the organization's most recent filing in December '21. This organization is located in Tyler, TX. It has been in existence for 13 years, following its founding in 2008.

Organization Classification

The IRS classifies organizations according to the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system. The NTEE system helps the IRS assign a 3-character code to each organization to describe the organization's activities.

The Dew Foundation is a philanthropy, voluntarism, and grantmaking foundation classified under the NTEE code T20. As a private grantmaking foundation, the Dew Foundation is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that manages funds and programs through its own trustees or directors. Its primary purpose is to maintain or aid social, educational, religious, or other charitable activities that serve the common welfare, primarily through grantmaking. Additionally, the Dew Foundation is classified as a 501(c)(3) organization, which means it is engaged in religious, educational, charitable, scientific, literary, public safety, amateur sports, or prevention of cruelty to children or animals work, according to the Internal Revenue Code.

Grant History

Our dataset includes eight years of grant history for the Dew Foundation. Over the course of those eight years, they have awarded a total of 522 grants, with an average check size of $23,439. On average, the foundation awards 65 grants each year. The majority of their grants are in the NTEE sectors of Arts, Culture & Humanities (73), Human Services (33), and Education (27). In terms of geographic distribution, the foundation has awarded grants in multiple states, with the highest number in California (125), followed by Illinois (115), Nevada (85), and Florida (50). Other states with notable grant awards include Texas (51), Washington (2), and New York (21).