Open Foundations · Florida

Darden Restaurants Inc Foundation

Orlando, Florida · EIN 593332929. It paid $6.6M across 27 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each. Its Form 990-PF says it accepts unsolicited grant requests.

All Florida foundations · All states

$6.6M
paid in 2024
27
grants paid
$10K
median grant
0%
to first-time recipients
$12.1M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

These application terms come from Part XV of the foundation's Form 990-PF.

Send requests to
STEPHANIE GHERTNER
Address
1000 DARDEN CENTER DR, ORLANDO, FL, 32837
Phone
4072455115
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
PROPOSALS WILL BE CONSIDERED ONLY IF THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION: 1. NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION 2. CONTACT PERSON AND TITLE 3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION INCLUDING HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF THE CHARITY 4. COPY OF THE IRS EXEMPTION LETTER VERIFYING 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT STATUS 5. LATEST AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT 6. CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET AND SOURCES OF INCOME 7. LIST OF NAMES AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS OF DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES 8. W-9 FORM ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARTICULAR PROGRAM FOR WHICH FUNDING IS BEING SOUGHT MUST BE PROVIDED: 1. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAM 2. THE NEEDS BEING ADDRESSED 3. PLAN OF ACTION AND TIME FRAME 4. TOTAL FUNDING REQUIRED AND PROJECTED RESOURCES 5. THE AMOUNT REQUESTED 6. HOW THE PROJECT'S SUCCESS WILL BE DETERMINED
Submission deadline
N/A
Restrictions on awards
DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. FOUNDATION GENERALLY DOES NOT FUND THE FOLLOWING: 1. ORGANIZATIONS WHICH DO NOT HAVE 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT STATUS 2. EVENT SPONSORSHIPS (WALKS, RUNS, ETC.) 3. RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES 4. POLITICAL CANDIDATES OR LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS 5. NATIONAL OR LOCAL CHAPTERS OF DISEASE-SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS 6. NATIONAL CONFERENCES, SPORTS EVENTS AND OTHER ONE-TIME, SHORT-TERM EVENTS 7. ATHLETIC TEAM SPONSORSHIPS OR SCHOLARSHIPS 8. ANTI-BUSINESS GROUPS 9. TEAM SPONSORSHIPS OR ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS 10. CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS 11. TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALS 12. INDIVIDUALS SEEKING SCHOLARSHIPS 13. HEALTH-RELATED FUNDING REQUESTS 14. FUND-RAISING ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS GALAS, BENEFITS, DINNERS AND SPORTING EVENTS 15. GOODWILL ADVERTISING, SOUVENIR JOURNALS OR DINNER PROGRAMS 16. DONATIONS TO FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES 17. ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND ITS TERRITORIES OR CANADA

From the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202503289349100205. Entries appear as filed.

What it funds, in its own words

These are the most frequent words in the purposes the foundation wrote on its 2024 grants.

education matchhealthy communities

Biggest grants in 2024

These are the 15 largest of the 27 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Feeding AmericaIL$4,000,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaGA$750,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
3American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and BranchesNY$500,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
4Scholarship America IncMN$328,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH
5Heart of Florida United WayFL$250,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
6National Restaurant Association Educational FoundationDC$250,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH
7United Arts of Central Florida IncFL$250,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
8Seniors First IncFL$110,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
9Second Harvest Food BankFL$100,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
10The Monarch Learning Academy IncFL$23,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH
11The Culinary Institute of AmericaNY$20,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH
12Suffolk UniversityMA$13,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH
13Coalition for the Homeless of Central Fl IncFL$10,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
14Meals on Wheels IncFL$10,000GRANTS - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
15Saint Anselm CollegeNH$7,000GRANTS - EDUCATION GIFT MATCH

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202036$4.6M
202128$4.4M
202229$4.2M
202317$1.6M
202427$6.6M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Florida44%
Georgia7%
New York7%
New Hampshire7%
Ohio7%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees are listed as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Andrew RushASSISTANT TREASURER · 2024
Angela M SimmonsTRUSTEE · 2024
Joe LeeTRUSTEE · 2024
John MartinTRUSTEE · 2024
Mary DardenTRUSTEE · 2024
Matthew R BroadTRUSTEE · 2024
Mone IsaiaASSISTANT SECRETARY · 2024
Noni a Holmes-kiddSECRETARY · 2024
Rajesh VennamTRUSTEE · 2024
Ricardo CardenasCHAIRMAN & TRUSTEE · 2024
Scott BrophyTREASURER · 2024
Stephanie L GhertnerEXEC. DIR., ASST. SECRETARY, TRUSTEE · 2024
Susan M ConnellyPRESIDENT · 2024
Theresa WillingsTRUSTEE · 2024

Each figure comes from the foundation's latest filed year, 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Grants and application terms come from each foundation's latest IRS 990-PF e-file return. The newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants count once and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

More foundations in Florida

These other funders in Florida say on their returns that they accept unsolicited requests. Each page has the deadline and terms as filed. See all 520.

Match your programs to the grants these foundations paid

Civly Grant Matching reads your own filings, matches your programs against millions of paid grants by purpose, geography and grant size, and returns every funder like this one with the deadline, the restrictions and the named trustees.

See Grant Matching