The Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation concentrates its giving on local child- and family-centered health, behavioral-health, and youth services on the Emerald Coast, frequently funding front-line nonprofits that provide autism services, pediatric/medical access, and crisis or residential care for at-risk youth. Grants are often sizable and repeated, indicating multi-year or ongoing program support rather than one-off gifts. The foundation also supports mental health providers and community service organizations that operate locally or regionally.
Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc shows a clear pattern of local, high-value support for child and family services on the Emerald Coast, with repeated grants to organizations working in autism services, pediatric care, crisis response, and youth placement. The largest recent awards include $315,000 to Em Coast Autism in Niceville and $300,000 to Em Cst Child Adv, also in Niceville, signaling a sustained commitment to specialized services for children. Its funding also reaches pediatric and community health providers such as Child Volu Hlth and Point Wash Med, along with youth-serving agencies that support children facing instability or behavioral-health needs. The foundation’s recent grants are not spread broadly across many places; they are concentrated in a small cluster of Florida communities and often recur to the same recipients across multiple years. That pattern points to program support for organizations with ongoing local roles rather than isolated, one-time gifts. Across the recent grant list, the foundation backs direct-service nonprofits that serve children in distress, children from low-income families, and community organizations delivering health, therapy, and crisis support.
Autism services and specialized therapies are a central theme. In 2025, Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation Inc gave $280,000 to Em Coast Child A in Niceville, and the same year it awarded $250,000 to Em Coast Autism, also in Niceville. Those grants align with a repeated interest in specialized child-focused care on the Emerald Coast. Pediatric and community medical access is another visible area. The foundation awarded $250,000 to Sacred Heart Fou in Pensacola in 2025, and it supported Child Volu Hlth in Santa Rosa with $250,000 in 2023 and $200,000 in 2025. Youth development and crisis intervention also appear in the grant list. Boys & Girls Cec in Fort Walton received $209,000 in both 2023 and 2025, while Children in Cris in Fort Walton received $201,500 in 2023 and $177,000 in 2025. These awards show a mix of health, behavioral-health, and youth-service priorities.
The foundation’s recent grants sit in a fairly tight size band: p25 is $150,000, the median is $200,000, and p75 is $223,750. Most awards are repeated to the same organizations across 2023 and 2025, which suggests ongoing support rather than isolated project-only gifts. The grant pattern is local and program-oriented, with no evidence here of individual giving or program-related investments. Awards are made to operating nonprofits and community charities serving children and families in Florida.
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Most grants fall between $150K and $224K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$150K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$224K
Karah Fridley-Young
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Concentrated, mid-to-large grants with multiple repeat awards to core regional grantees; funding is program-focused (direct service and capacity support) rather than broadly dispersed across many small national charities.
Notable grantees: EM COAST AUTISM, CHILD VOLU HLTH, BOYS & GIRLS CEC, AMIKIDS EM COAST, SACRED HEART FOU
Grantmaking is fully concentrated in Florida, with 100% of recent grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The most frequent recipient cities are Fort Walton, Niceville, Santa Rosa, Destin, and Pensacola. Fort Walton appears repeatedly through Boys & Girls Cec, Children in Cris, Opportunity Inc, Mental Hlth Assn, Amikids Em Coast, and Mental Health As. Niceville also appears often through Em Coast Autism, Em Coast Child A, and Youth Village. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based.
The recent grants cluster around a fairly narrow range. The 25th percentile is $150,000, the median is $200,000, and the 75th percentile is $223,750. Recent awards include multiple grants at $200,000, $209,000, and $250,000.
Recent grants focus on autism services, pediatric and community medical access, residential and crisis programs for at-risk youth, after-school and youth development organizations, and mental health or behavioral-health support for children and families.
Yes. Several recipients appear in both 2023 and 2025, including Boys & Girls Cec at $209,000 in each year, Child Volu Hlth at $250,000 and $200,000, and Ellison Ingram F at $200,000 in both years.
The grants are entirely concentrated in Florida, and the recipient cities that appear most often are Fort Walton, Niceville, Santa Rosa, Destin, and Pensacola. Recent grants also went to organizations in those same local communities rather than to out-of-state recipients.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON HFH | SANTA ROSA, FL | $285,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EM COAST CHILD A | NICEVILLE, FL | $280,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| BOYS & GIRLS CEC | FORT WALTON, FL | $260,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| SACRED HEART FOU | PENSACOLA, FL | $250,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EM COAST AUTISM | NICEVILLE, FL | $250,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EM COAST CHILD A | NICEVILLE, FL | $230,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CHILDREN IN CRIS | FORT WALTON, FL | $228,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| SACRED HEART FOU | FORT WALTON, FL | $210,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| BOYS & GIRLS CEC | FORT WALTON, FL | $209,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EM COAST AUTISM | NICEVILLE, FL | $208,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CARING & SHARING | SANTA ROSA, FL | $206,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| ELLISON INGRAM F | DESTIN, FL | $200,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| ELLISON INGRAM F | DESTIN, FL | $200,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CHILD VOLU HLTH | SANTA ROSA, FL | $200,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CHILD VOLU HLTH | SANTA ROSA, FL | $180,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CHILDREN IN CRIS | FORT WALTON, FL | $177,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| OPPORTUNITY INC | FORT WALTON, FL | $175,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| POINT WASH MED | SANTA ROSA, FL | $165,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| POINT WASH MED | SANTA ROSA, FL | $165,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| CARING & SHARING | SANTA ROSA, FL | $159,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| OPPORTUNITY INC | FORT WALTON, FL | $150,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| MENTAL HEALTH AS | FORT WALTON, FL | $137,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| MENTAL HEALTH AS | FORT WALTON, FL | $125,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| AMIKIDS EM COAST | FORT WALTON, FL | $75,000 | 2025 | CHARITY |
| EM COAST AUTISM | NICEVILLE, FL | $315,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| EM CST CHILD ADV | NICEVILLE, FL | $300,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| CHILD VOLU HLTH | SANTA ROSA, FL | $250,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| Point Wash Med | SANTA ROSA, FL | $215,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| BOYS & GIRLS CEC | FORT WALTON, FL | $209,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| YOUTH VILLAGE | NICEVILLE, FL | $207,600 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| CHILDREN IN CRIS | FORT WALTON, FL | $201,500 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| ELLISON INGRAM F | DESTIN, FL | $200,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| MENTAL HLTH ASSN | FORT WALTON, FL | $150,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| OPPORTUNITY INC | FORT WALTON, FL | $150,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| AMIKIDS EM COAST | FORT WALTON, FL | $125,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
| Caring & Sharing | SANTA ROSA, FL | $55,000 | 2023 | CHARITY |
WALTON HFH
$285,000CHARITY
BOYS & GIRLS CEC
$260,000CHARITY
CHARITY
SACRED HEART FOU
$210,000CHARITY
BOYS & GIRLS CEC
$209,000CHARITY
ELLISON INGRAM F
$200,000CHARITY
ELLISON INGRAM F
$200,000CHARITY
OPPORTUNITY INC
$175,000CHARITY
OPPORTUNITY INC
$150,000CHARITY
MENTAL HEALTH AS
$137,000CHARITY
MENTAL HEALTH AS
$125,000CHARITY
AMIKIDS EM COAST
$75,000CHARITY
BOYS & GIRLS CEC
$209,000CHARITY
YOUTH VILLAGE
$207,600CHARITY
ELLISON INGRAM F
$200,000CHARITY
MENTAL HLTH ASSN
$150,000CHARITY
OPPORTUNITY INC
$150,000CHARITY
AMIKIDS EM COAST
$125,000CHARITY