Michigan · Private foundation
Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc
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.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 68
- Grants FY2025
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 26%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 57 to 74
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 26% of the organizations Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $478k 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 | 66 | $1.2M | 15% |
| FY2024 | 68 | $1.3M | 26% |
| FY2023 | 69 | $1.1M | 30% |
| FY2022 | 67 | $914k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 74 | $1.1M | 34% |
| FY2020 | 57 | $787k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 60 | $953k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Traverse Conservancy Inc | $922,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Epiphany School | $255,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc | $220,000 | 7 | 1% |
| The Hotchkiss School | $165,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Harbor Springs Area Historical Society | $133,000 | 4 | 7% |
| The Everglades Foundation Inc | $130,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $105,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $100,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Montana Land Reliance | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 101 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation · Frey Foundation · The Offield Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Baiardi Family Foundation Inc · Triford Foundation · The Lilly Christy Busch Hermann Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
How this is measured
Compare Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc
- How much does Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc give?
- Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc reported 68 grants totaling $1,280,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 57 and 74 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Environment (21%), Health (17%).
- Who are Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ($922k), Epiphany School ($255k), Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc ($220k).
- Does Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc 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 Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, Frey Foundation, The Offield Family Foundation.
- Where is Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc based?
- Henry E & Consuelo S Wenger Foundation Inc is based in MI.
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