Texas · Private foundation
Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation
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.
- $3.4M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $50M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k 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 | 10 | $3.4M | 10% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.8M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $3.1M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $2.3M | 44% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $2.5M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $815k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $250k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $104k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinn College Foundation | $1,905,000 | 6 | 24% |
| Aggieland Humane Society | $1,125,000 | 7 | 11% |
| S O S Ministries INC | $250,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ptsd Foundation of America | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brazos Valley Cares Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Bridge Ministries of Bryan Texas | $25,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bisd Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler 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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation with peer funders
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About Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation
- How much does Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation give?
- Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $3,400,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (54%), Education (15%), Food & Nutrition (8%).
- Who are Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Blinn College Foundation ($1.9M), Aggieland Humane Society ($1.1M), S O S Ministries INC ($250k).
- Does Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler 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 Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation based?
- Fw Bert and Mae Dean Wheeler Foundation is based in TX.
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