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George R Wiley Foundation at a glance

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George R Wiley Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$88k
Granted FY2026still arriving
7
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$434kAnimals$64kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kCrime & Legal$21kEnvironment$17kHuman Services$14kEmployment$9kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2026 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $83k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$619k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UCLA JONSSON CANCER CNTR$40,000
ROOSTER FOUNDATION$20,700
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$12,000
OCEANA$10,000
THE DRAKE GIVES FOUNDATION$3,500
NEWPORT SEA BASE$1,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$700
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%DENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$641k · 9 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
10

Total granted

$641k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+18%

Still filing today

56%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
HealthYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentEmploymentEducationCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CA
    COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $20k · revenue +61%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BUENA PARK
    2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue +62%
  • TP
    THE PRIORITY CENTER ENDING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $2k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • MA
    MAKE A WISH ORANGE COUNTY
    one grant, 2023 · $12k
  • BM
    BALBOA MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • TC
    TARAS CHANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $5k · revenue +694%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Children's Healthcare of California

The primary exempt purpose of children's healthcare of california includes without limitation the receipt of distributions and grants for the making of distributions and grants to children's hospital of orange county (choc) and to…

Health
2
The California Channel

To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…

—
3
California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association

California casa was founded in 1987. its mission is to ensure that children and youth in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems have both a voice and the services they need to thrive. we achieve this by strengthening and empowering…

Civil Rights
4
California Dental Association

The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.

Community Improvement
5
California Alliance of Caregivers

California Alliance of Caregivers represents the voices of relative and non-relative caregivers to promote the well-being of children in foster care. California Alliance of Caregivers provides training information support and advocacy for…

Health
6
Children's Law Center of California

Children's law center of california (clc) provides legal representation for children and youth impacted by abuse and neglect. we advocate for our clients by supporting families; fighting for reunification, permanence, educational…

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7
Chac Fka Community Health Awareness Council

Chac seeks to improve lives and strengthen communities through access to comprehensive and culturally responsive mental health services in northern santa clara county.

Health
8
Casa of Ventura County Inc

Court appointed special advocates (casa) of ventura county believe that every court-dependent abused or neglected child should be safe, have permanence and the opportunity to thrive and have a strong compassionate volunteer advocate.

Crime & Legal
9
Child Care Council of Orange County Inc

To assist parents, child care programs and the community with information and resources to choose child care, provide child care and/or support child care and early learning options in orange county, new york.

—
10
Discovery Science Center of Orange County

We inspire and educate young minds through engaging science-based programs and exhibits to create a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

Arts & Culture
11
California Dental Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to improve the oral health of all californians by supporting the dental profession and its efforts to meet community needs.

Science & Tech
12
Court Appointed Special Advocates of Santa Cruz County

CASA of Santa Cruz advocates for children and youth, providing court appointed volunteers so each child in the dependency and juvenile court system feels cared for and connected with the people, families and resources they need to heal and…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital of Orange County; the most unlike its peers is California Highway Patrol. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UCLA JONSSON CANCER CNTR: $460,205 · OtherUCLA JONSSON CANCER CNTRROOSTER FOUNDATION: $84,870 · OtherROOSTER FOUNDATION+12 more: $46,380 · Other+12 moreCALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BUENA PARK: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentOCEANA INC: $27,150 · EnvironmentCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $20,085 · Civil RightsWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $9,300 · EmploymentTARAS CHANCE: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,250 · HealthDENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 · Human Services
Other$591,455Youth Development$31,000Environment$27,150Civil Rights$20,085Employment$9,300Health$8,750Human Services$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOCEANA INC: $27,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $20,085 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWorking Wardrobes For A New Start: $9,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF BUENA PARK: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDENTAL CARE FOR CHILDREN: $5,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetSADDLEBACK COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRIORITY CENTER ENDING THE GENERATIONAL CYCLE: $2,330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWPORT BEACH POLICE FOUNDATION: $260 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUSTIN AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $90 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

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.

Orange County Communi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization George R Wiley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George R Wiley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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