The Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation concentrates its philanthropy almost exclusively on a single education recipient, directing all recorded dollars to that grantee. The grants appear to be program or unrestricted support for education, delivered from the foundation’s West Palm Beach base. The foundation’s pattern suggests a focused, donor-directed relationship with a single educational organization rather than a broad portfolio of beneficiaries.
Highly concentrated: all recorded giving is to one named recipient (three grants totaling $758,720), indicating repeat, large gifts to a single educational organization rather than dispersed small grants.
Wilkes-desmond Educational Foundation’s recorded giving is built around one education recipient, with every listed dollar going to the same named beneficiary in New York. The pattern points to a tightly focused relationship rather than a broad grant portfolio. Across the latest grants on file, the foundation issued three large education grants: $338,043 in 2023, $223,211 in 2025, and $197,466 in 2024. That consistency suggests sustained support for a single educational arrangement rather than occasional project funding. The foundation’s scholarship activity also shows a direct student-support component. Under its active grant programs, the Wilkes-Desmond Scholarship and the Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation Scholarship both provide tuition assistance to graduating seniors from Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School and Sodus Central High School. Students may use the awards for accredited technical schools, community colleges, state colleges, or universities in the United States. That makes the foundation relevant to researchers tracking partner-administered scholarships as well as institutional education support. Its giving is regionally focused and highly concentrated, with all recorded grants located in the United States.
Education is the foundation’s central giving area, and the recent grant list shows one named recipient receiving support in multiple years. In 2025, Wilkes-desmond Educational Foundation gave $223,211 to See Statement Attached for education, following a $197,466 grant in 2024 for the same stated purpose. The 2023 award of $338,043 also went to that recipient under the education category. Scholarship support is another clear theme. The Wilkes-Desmond Scholarship and the Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation Scholarship both support graduating seniors from Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School and Sodus Central High School. These awards can be used at technical schools, community colleges, state colleges, or universities anywhere in the U.S. The foundation’s stated activity therefore centers on education support at two levels: institutional funding to a designated organization and tuition aid for students moving into postsecondary study.
Typical grant size is in the low hundreds of thousands: the 25th percentile is $232,610, the median is $267,754, and the 75th percentile is $302,899. The recent record also shows three education grants over 2023-2025, all to the same grantee name, which indicates a recurring relationship rather than one-off awards. The foundation appears to operate as a concentrated, partner-focused grantmaker, with no program-related investments and no grants to individuals. One active scholarship program accepts unsolicited applications, which is notable alongside the otherwise highly directed institutional giving.
$759K
$6.1M
$854K
$502K
Most grants fall between $233K and $303K, with a median of $268K.
25th Percentile
$233K
Median
$268K
75th Percentile
$303K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in NY.
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Notable grantees: SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED (education recipient — sole grantee of record)
The foundation’s recorded grants are all in the United States, and New York is the top state by grant count. Recent recipients include a New York grantee listed as See Statement Attached, and the scholarship programs serve students from Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School and Sodus Central High School in New York. No recorded grants in the data go to recipients in Florida, even though the foundation is headquartered in West Palm Beach.
It funds both institutional education support and student scholarships. The recorded grants are all in education, and its active programs include the Wilkes-Desmond Scholarship and the Wilkes-Desmond Educational Foundation Scholarship for graduating seniors from Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School and Sodus Central High School.
Its typical grants are large: the 25th percentile is $232,610, the median is $267,754, and the 75th percentile is $302,899.
Yes. The recent grant list shows three education grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and all three were made to the same grantee name, See Statement Attached.
Yes. One active program, the Wilkes-Desmond Scholarship, accepts unsolicited applications and provides tuition scholarships to graduates of Clyde-Savannah Junior-Senior High School and Sodus Central High School.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED | SEE ATTACHED, NY | $223,211 | 2025 | EDUCATION |
| SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED | SEE ATTACHED, NY | $197,466 | 2024 | EDUCATION |
| SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED | SEE ATTACHED, NY | $338,043 | 2023 | EDUCATION |
SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED
$223,211EDUCATION
SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED
$197,466EDUCATION
SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED
$338,043EDUCATION