The John and Katherine Duda Foundation Inc
Invitation OnlyOviedo, Florida · EIN 59-3041359 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$303K
Organizations funded49
Typical grant$4,800
Total assets$9.5M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $2,400 and $4,800.
From the return
How to apply
On its return for tax year 2025 the foundation checked the box saying it only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
51% of grants went outside Florida.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch | Minot, ND | To help at-risk children and their families succeed in the name of christ. we provide care, education, and support with compassion,… | $50,000 |
| Cita Rescue Mission | Melbourne, FL | Cita's mission is to inspire true life transformation for the addicted, homeless, and forgotten in our community by sharing the gospel and… | $28,800 |
| St Luke's Lutheran Church | Oviedo, FL | To support/repair the original church of the duda family in piestany slovakia. | $25,000 |
| Wolfson Children's Hospital | Jacksonville, FL | Wolfson children's hospital mission is to provide optimal health for the regions children by providing patient- and family-centered care,… | $17,000 |
| Food in Need of Distribution Inc | Indio, CA | To create a community that is free of hunger and food insecurity. find food bank (food in need of distribution) is dedicated to relieving… | $12,300 |
| Mission First | Jackson, MS | To provide christ-centered programming and services that meet the spiritual, physical, mental, social, and educational needs of the… | $9,600 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. | $7,200 |
| Trinity Lutheran School Legacy Fund | Rockledge, FL | Completion and maintenance of outdoor classroom at trinity lutheran school. | $7,200 |
| Brevard Zoo | Melbourne, FL | We share our joy of nature to help wildlife and people thrive. | $4,800 |
| Caring and Sharing of South Walton County | Santa Rosa Beach, FL | Assistance to persons in crisis/poverty. used to purchase food | $4,800 |
| Christian Study Center of Gainesville Inc | Gainesville, FL | To use for their facilities, staffing, programs and christian educational development | $4,800 |
| Detroit Horse Power | Detroit, MI | Continuing to support after-school and summer programming for underserved youths in detroit. with the overarching goal of providing… | $4,800 |
| Eagle Ranch | Flowery Branch, GA | Used for the wings center which it is open to the community and individuals of all ages, couples and families offering counseling services… | $4,800 |
| English Language Institute in China | Fort Collins, CO | Elic uses their online platform to offer english classes in places where it's impossible to send an in-person team. through these classes,… | $4,800 |
| Faith Viera Lutheran Church | Rockledge, FL | Church that centers on community outreach by living out their mission of "bringing people to christ and christ to people". | $4,800 |
| Gateway Trinity Lutheran Church | Fort Myers, FL | Support for church ministries and community outreach programs. | $4,800 |
| International Community School | Winter Park, FL | The school combines the most current educational research and practices into a unique christian K-12 school built on three pillars of… | $4,800 |
| Life for the Innocent | Wheaton, IL | Funding the rescue, rehabilitation, and foster care for children who are sex trafficked. | $4,800 |
| Lutheran Counseling Services Inc | Winter Park, FL | Support the emotional and spiritual health needs of the central florida community while reducing barriers to mental health resources. | $4,800 |
| New Life Mission | Melbourne, FL | Transforming homeless families. the on-campus renewed life program serves single women with children who are homeless or at risk of… | $4,800 |
| Palmetto Animal Assisted Life Services | Columbia, SC | To enrich and empower children and adults with physical disabilities and social needs by training service animals and providing animal… | $4,800 |
| Phil's Friends | Wheaton, IL | To provide support to those affected by cancer. this is done through care package delivery, one-on-one friendships, and spiritual support… | $4,800 |
| Place of Hope | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | To further place of hopes mission of providing a stable and loving environment for children, youth, and families in crisis by sharing gods… | $4,800 |
| Pli (Pastoral Leadership Institute) | Wheaton, IL | This grant will help fund global mission programs led by the pastoral leadership institute. pli is training local pastors around the world… | $4,800 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | Helping children get the care they need at little to no cost. | $4,800 |
| T K Martin Center | Starkville, MS | The grant will help to buy materials or pay therapists to help support this wonderful service which is no cost to families of children with… | $4,800 |
| Tri-State Exhibition Center | Mcdonald, TN | Traditionally, therapeutic services can be quite costly and the cost of caring for someone with special needs is also financially… | $4,800 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Jacksonville Inc | Jacksonville, FL | To improve the health of the ne florida community by providing free primary and specialty care to the working uninsured, who cannot afford… | $4,800 |
| Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries | Sanford, FL | Support single expectant mothers | $2,800 |
| The Ortega Methodist Church | Jacksonville, FL | The funds will be used to support ortega church and its missions and outreach programs in our community. it's our hope that this grant will… | $2,800 |
| Africa Windmill Project Inc | Winter Park, FL | To teach rural african families how to grow food using irrigation and sustainable farming techniques in southeastern africa. | $2,400 |
| Alpharetta Presbyterian Church Inc | Alpharetta, GA | Ensures a quality education in a christian environment, helping each child grow socially, mentally, physically, and spiritually. we invite… | $2,400 |
| Campbell Middle School Foundation Inc | Smyrna, GA | Provide funding necessary to ensure each students success and to passionately inspire innovative education that maximizes the overall… | $2,400 |
| Cancer Patients Alliance | Pacific Grove, CA | Assistance on improving health outcomes for cancer patients through cancer education, addressing health disparities in the time of covid… | $2,400 |
| Christ Lutheran Church Cape Canaveral | Cape Canaveral, FL | Devoted to teaching the truths of the bible, proclaiming the gospel of jesus christ, and loving our neighbors in word and deed | $2,400 |
| Hope Helps Inc | Oviedo, FL | Hope's mission is to prevent and reduce homelessness in central florida by equipping individuals and families to become self-sufficient… | $2,400 |
| Lutheran Church of the Redeemer | Mclean, VA | Spreading of the word through worship and music, and community outreach. | $2,400 |
| Marietta Schools Foundation Inc | Marietta, GA | Supporting and promoting educational achievement and excellence among the students, faculty, staff and administration of the marietta city… | $2,400 |
| San Antonio Pregnancy Care Center | San Antonio, TX | The pregnancy care center is a christian organization to promote the gospel of jesus christ, and to boldly endorse the sacredness of all… | $2,400 |
| Second Story | Dunn Loring, VA | Continued outreach for young people who are homeless and need assistance with education, housing and mentorship. | $2,400 |
| South Texas Alliance for Orphans | San Antonio, TX | To serve and equip churches in fulfilling the biblical call to care for children and families impacted by the foster care system. | $2,400 |
| Stonecreek Church | Milton, GA | We are a jesus church and a jesus people passionately living out his mission. we study the bible, share the gospel, pray bold prayers, and… | $2,400 |
| Team Beans Infant Brain Tumor Fund | Boston, MA | The jimmy fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at the dana-farber cancer institute, helping to raise the… | $2,400 |
| The Agricultural Leadership Council | Salinas, CA | Provides needed medical equipment for farmworkers and their families through natividad hospital in salinas, ca. | $2,400 |
| The Caring Place | Miami, FL | Transform the lives of homeless men, women and children through comprehensive residential programs to effect lasting change and empower… | $2,400 |
| Three Square | Las Vegas, NV | Southern nevada's only food bank providing food assistance to the residents of lincoln, nye, esmeralda and clark counties. the food bank… | $2,400 |
| Lutheran Haven | Oviedo, FL | To be used for the organization's general funding needs. | $2,000 |
| St Luke's Concert Series | Oviedo, FL | To raise, receive, maintain, and manage funds of st. luke's evangelical lutheran church concert series | $2,000 |
| Forge Men Inc | Winter Park, FL | Forge men exists to help build great men as god and the bible define greatness. perpetuation of a growing mens ministry that has now spread… | $1,800 |
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $302,900 | 49 |
| 2024 | $598,500 | 52 |
| 2023 | $309,500 | 44 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed Sep 8, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202602519349100905
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 59-3041359
- Profile updated Nov 5, 2026
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