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Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$513k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2025
44
Organizations funded FY2024
100%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
26 to 44
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $435k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving50$513k46%
FY202444$435k100%
FY202326$555k27%
FY202228$433k18%
FY202133$489k33%
FY202030$410k0%
FY201940$505k30%
FY201842$469k40%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$4.4MReligion$67kScience & Tech$20k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
IN
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Baptist University$208,00070%
Baylor University$146,80060%
Dallas Theological Seminary$54,00030%
Texas Christian University$52,00060%
LeTourneau University$46,00040%
Grand Canyon University$42,00030%
Southwestern University$40,00040%
Hardin-Simmons University$33,00040%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$30,00030%
St Mary's University$30,00020%
Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Dallas Baptist University$208,00070%
Baylor University$146,80060%
Dallas Theological Seminary$54,00030%
Texas Christian University$52,00060%
LeTourneau University$46,00040%
Grand Canyon University$42,00030%
Southwestern University$40,00040%
Hardin-Simmons University$33,00040%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$30,00030%
St Mary's University$30,00020%
Duke University$30,00030%
Trustees of Boston University$25,00010%
The Howard University$24,00030%
University of the Incarnate Word$24,00040%
The Colorado College$20,00040%
California Institute of Technology$20,00040%
Carnegie Mellon University$20,00040%
East Texas Baptist University$20,00020%
The Corporation of Mercer University$20,00020%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$20,00040%
University of Dallas$20,00010%
Tarrant County College Foundation$16,00020%
American University$15,76620%
Austin College$15,00030%
Texas Lutheran University$15,00030%
Ouachita Baptist University$15,00030%
Southern Methodist University$15,00020%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University$15,0003n/a
University of Denver$10,60010%
University of Texas at El Paso$10,0001n/a
Christendom Educational Corporation$10,00010%
Vanderbilt University$10,00010%
University of Southern Mississippi$10,0002n/a
The George Washington University$10,00010%
Brigham Young University$10,0002n/a
Houston Christian University$10,00010%
California Baptist University$8,00010%
Urshan University Inc$8,0001n/a
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary$8,0001n/a
Pitzer College$6,00010%
Knct$6,0001n/a
Johns Hopkins University$5,00010%
Oklahoma Baptist University$5,00010%
John Brown University$5,00010%
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary$5,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 114 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDallas Baptist University: $208,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBaylor University: $146,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Theological Seminary: $54,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Christian University: $52,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLeTourneau University: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGrand Canyon University: $42,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwestern University: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHardin-Simmons University: $33,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's University: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Howard University: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of the Incarnate Word: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Colorado College: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Institute of Technology: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEast Texas Baptist University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Corporation of Mercer University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dallas: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant County College Foundation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican University: $15,766 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAustin College: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Lutheran University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOuachita Baptist University: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $10,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristendom Educational Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Christian University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Baptist University: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma Baptist University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Brown University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 37.

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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.

Tulsa Community Found…Folds of Honor Founda…The Presser FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Je and le Mabee Found…National Collegiate A…Rc Caffarelli Educati…The Robert A Welch Fo…The Buddy Bostick Fou…San Antonio Livestock…Council of Independen…American Endowment Fo…
Tulsa Community FoundationOK23.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Presser Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Rc Caffarelli Educational Fund Frost Bank Trustee · The Robert A Welch Foundation · The Buddy Bostick Foundation · San Antonio Livestock Exposition Educational Fund Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · American Endowment 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.

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About Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945

How much does Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 give?
Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 reported 50 grants totaling $513,124 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Religion (1%), Science & Tech (0%).
Who are Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dallas Baptist University ($208k), Baylor University ($147k), Dallas Theological Seminary ($54k).
Does Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tulsa Community Foundation, Folds of Honor Foundation, The Presser Foundation.
Where is Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 based?
Irene S Wischer Education Foundation #FA945 is based in TX.

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 161 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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