· Private foundation
David and Jean Wiley Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k1 grant · $8k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $145k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM | $100,000 |
| BROOKWOOD COMMUNITY | $50,000 |
| HARC - HOUSTON APHASIA RECOVERY CENTER | $35,000 |
| LITERACY NOW | $30,000 |
| GORDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY | $25,000 |
| COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| YES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS | $20,000 |
| LLANO HS ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME SCHLSHP COMM | $10,000 |
| HOUSTON TSCPA FOUNDATION | $7,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $385k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
11 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HCHOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $700k · revenue +119%
- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC7× · 2018–2024 · $700k · revenue +101%
- MIMaking It Better dba Literacy Now7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +203%
Funded once
- MFMIRACLE FARM INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +109%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.
To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.
The mission of Breakthrough Houston (BTH) is to work with highly motivated students to achieve post-secondary success and empower aspiring leaders to become the next generation of educational advocates.
Family, School, and Church united in the education and support of each child - this is the founding premise upon which Presbyterian School nurtures and challenges its students. The school provides an educational program of the highest…
The mission of the Houston Museum of Natural Science shall be to preserve and advance the general knowledge of natural science; to enhance in individuals the knowledge of and delight in natural science and related subjects; and to maintain…
MADE Houston was formed to create a school community focused on nurturing and developing the unique academic and social needs of students with learning differences and to successfully transition students into mainstream schools.
As the Houston affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), our mission is to serve and encourage givers to grow as faithful stewards who give wisely to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The HISD Foundation is dedicated to mobilizing the local community to support innovative priorities in HISD to improve outcomes for all students in the district. Our mission is to fund projects and programs of merit that fall outside of…
See Schedule OSt. John's School is an independent, co-educational day school presenting a 13-year sequence of college preparatory training. A non-profit institution, it was founded in 1946 to provide the community with a school of exacting…
KIPP, the Knowledge Is Power Program, is committed to developing in underserved students the academic skills, intellectual habits, and qualities of character necessary to succeed at all levels of pre-kindergarten through 12th grade,…
As an interdependent alliance of construction industry leaders, we are collectively committed to positively impacting the future of the industry by strengthening the safe, skilled, and sustainable craft workforce pipeline.
Good Reason Houston strives to grow and sustain great schools while advocating for families and communities.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds The Brookwood Community Inc ↗
- Who funds Making It Better dba Literacy Now ↗
- Who funds Collaborative for Children ↗
- Who funds YES Prep Public Schools Inc ↗
- Who funds HOUSTON TSCPA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MIRACLE FARM INC ↗
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: Shell USA Company Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization David and Jean Wiley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from David and Jean Wiley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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