Wyoming · Private foundation
Caring Foundation of Wyoming
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $340k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Caring Foundation of Wyoming funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $59k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $340k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $321k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $324k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $322k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $341k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $252k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $191k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $181k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming Hunger Initiative | $229,366 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Wyoming Foundation | $118,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jae Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kindness Wyoming | $39,873 | 3 | n/a |
| Wyoming Women's Business Center | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Peak Wellness Center | $21,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Child Development Services of Fremont County | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The John P Ellbogen Foundation · Wyoming Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Caring Foundation of Wyoming
- How much does Caring Foundation of Wyoming give?
- Caring Foundation of Wyoming reported 8 grants totaling $340,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Caring Foundation of Wyoming fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (49%), Education (22%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Caring Foundation of Wyoming's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wyoming Hunger Initiative ($229k), University of Wyoming Foundation ($118k), Jae Foundation Inc ($100k).
- Does Caring Foundation of Wyoming fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Caring Foundation of Wyoming accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Caring Foundation of Wyoming?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The John P Ellbogen Foundation, Wyoming Community Foundation.
- Where is Caring Foundation of Wyoming based?
- Caring Foundation of Wyoming is based in WY.
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