· Private foundation
E F Wildermuth 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k13 grants · $41k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $158k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WILDERMUTH CHURCH | $30,000 |
| INDIANA UNIVERSITY | $29,856 |
| OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | $29,856 |
| CASA | $20,000 |
| COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY ROSARY | $18,000 |
| CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED | $10,000 |
| MIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC (MACC FUND) | $10,000 |
| CUNNINGHAM CHILDREN'S HOME | $10,000 |
| BALLET METROPOLITAN | $8,500 |
| COMMUNITY KITCHEN | $5,000 |
| FIRST TEE OF CENTRAL OHIO | $5,000 |
| RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CENTRAL OHIO | $5,000 |
| PREVENT BLINDNESS OHIO | $5,000 |
| OHIOANA LIBRARY | $3,500 |
| FOAR FROM HOME | $2,500 |
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 (FY19–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BMBALLET METROPOLITAN INC7× · 2017–2024 · $101k · revenue +43%
- CCCUNNINGHAM CHILDRENS HOME OF URBANA IL6× · 2019–2024 · $49k · revenue +68%
- TCThe Childrens Hospital2× · 2017–2018 · $25k · revenue +119%
Funded once
- TCTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMYone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue +20%
- BGBOYS GIRLS CLUB OF INDIANAone grant, 2018 · $10k
- OCOHIOHEALTH CORPORATIONone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
To provide educational and therapeutic services, at a professional level, for infants, toddlers and preschool children up to 12 years and their families through supporting the family unit and working with each child to develop his or her…
Children's services
Our mission is to provide a nurturing and challenging montessori preschool environment for children ages 18 months to 6 years old in which children explore the world and their place in it through hands-on learning experiences and positive…
Center city public charter schools (center city pcs) empowers our students for lifelong success by building strong character, promoting academic excellence, and generating public service throughout washington, d.c.
The organization empowers familities and improves children's lives through comprehensive early intervention services, education, and therapeutic services. the organization primarily offers services to children from birth to three years…
We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…
Child care connection provides the tools and education to give each child the very best start in life.
Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.
The mission of the Blind Children's Center, Inc. is to prepare infants, toddlers and preschoolers of all abilities to thrive through inclusive, family-focused early childhood education, with a specialized focus on children who are blind or…
To ensure that every child has access to high quality early care and education through integrated support and equitable practices.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
To provide legal services to indigent children in contested custody/ visitation and related cases.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 45 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 BALLET METROPOLITAN INC ↗
- Who funds THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds CUNNINGHAM CHILDRENS HOME OF URBANA IL ↗
- Who funds MIDWEST ATHLETES AGAINST CHILDHOOD CANCER INC ↗
- Who funds The Childrens Hospital ↗
- Who funds THE MORTON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAI ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY ENTERPRISES INC ↗
- Who funds George & Raymond Frank Foundation ↗
- Who funds CHILD PROTECTION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds SPINA BIFIDA ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗
- Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MCPREPARATORY SCHOOL OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
- Who funds Lakeshore Paws Inc ↗
- Who funds Prevent Blindness Wisconsin ↗
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: Anon Charitable Trust · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Columbus Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Hauske Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas Family Foundation Trust · The Sherman Family Foundation · Oppenstein Brothers Foundation · Jackson County Community Children's Services Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization E F Wildermuth Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from E F Wildermuth Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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