Minnesota · Private foundation
Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $63k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $63k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $85k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $102k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $60k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bond Between | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ballot Buddy | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| This Old Horse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Little Red Door Cancer Agency Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Emma Norton Services | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kyle Pease Foundation Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Wild and Free Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Propel Nonprofits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bond Between | $55,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ballot Buddy | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| This Old Horse Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Little Red Door Cancer Agency Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Emma Norton Services | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Democracy Forward Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Kyle Pease Foundation Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Wild and Free Foundation | $12,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Propel Nonprofits | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Adopt-A-Classroom Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Small Choices Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Curls on the Block | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Amandas Farm Animal Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation
- How much does Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation give?
- Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $62,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (23%), Public Benefit (21%), Civil Rights (16%).
- Who are Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: The Bond Between ($55k), Ballot Buddy ($50k), Midwest Access Coalition ($50k).
- Does Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation 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 Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation based?
- Ellen Bracken Wiese Foundation is based in MN.
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