Wisconsin · Private foundation
James and Virginia Wheeler 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.
- $422k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $85,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $77k 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 | 7 | $422k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $302k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $229k | 14% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $207k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $158k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $63k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $164k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc | $322,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Marquette University | $114,272 | 1 | n/a |
| St Marcus Lutheran Church | $82,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Notre Dame School of Milwaukee Inc | $80,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Notre Dame de la Baie Academy Inc | $76,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arthritis Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus Inc | $13,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($758k), not named here.
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: Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · City Forward Collective Inc · Sensient Technologies Foundation Inc · Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation Inc · Youth Foundation Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc
- How much does James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc give?
- James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $422,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (71%), Health (26%), Religion (1%).
- Who are James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Nativity Jesuit Academy Inc ($322k), Marquette University ($114k), St Marcus Lutheran Church ($82k).
- Does James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James and Virginia Wheeler 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 James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Baird Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc, Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc.
- Where is James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc based?
- James and Virginia Wheeler Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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