Texas · Private foundation
Grant Me the Wisdom 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.
- $31k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 46
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 11
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 10% of the organizations Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49 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 | 16 | $31k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $143k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $657k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $465k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $611k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 46 | $533k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 35 | $612k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit | $304,362 | 6 | 2% |
| Thorn | $235,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Baylor University | $227,886 | 4 | 0% |
| Texas Center for Justice and Equity | $160,234 | 5 | 8% |
| Shining Hope for Communities Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Eco-Soap Bank | $150,000 | 7 | 9% |
| Rural Health Collaborative | $115,000 | 5 | 58% |
| Utah Film Center | $110,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Globalbike Inc | $100,000 | 5 | 32% |
| Bear Be a Resource for Cps Kids | $88,882 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 55 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($456k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 51 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Tides Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation
- How much does Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation give?
- Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $31,341 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (22%), International (18%), Crime & Legal (16%).
- Who are Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Blinknow Foundation a Nj Nonprofit ($304k), Thorn ($235k), Baylor University ($228k).
- Does Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Grant Me the Wisdom 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 Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation.
- Where is Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation based?
- Grant Me the Wisdom Foundation is based in TX.
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