Connecticut · Private foundation
Jean and David W Wallace 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.
- $6.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $36M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M 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 | 16 | $6.1M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $6.5M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $6.8M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $4.2M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $4.6M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $4.2M | 71% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $1.0M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Hospital | $8,100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greenwich Academy Inc | $5,525,000 | 6 | 2% |
| YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc | $3,862,500 | 7 | 9% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $3,800,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $2,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yale University | $1,025,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $810,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Greenwich Library | $300,000 | 1 | 7% |
| United Way of Greenwich Inc | $285,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $225,000 | 6 | 5% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Hospital | $8,100,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Greenwich Academy Inc | $5,525,000 | 6 | 2% |
| YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc | $3,862,500 | 7 | 9% |
| The Trustees of the Smith College | $3,800,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Yale University | $2,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Yale University | $1,025,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Adam J Lewis Academy Inc | $810,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Greenwich Library | $300,000 | 1 | 7% |
| United Way of Greenwich Inc | $285,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Reach Prep Inc | $225,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Georgia O'Keeffe Museum | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Blair Academy | $200,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greenwich Historical Society Inc | $110,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Colby-Sawyer College | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Valley Hospital Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($6.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
Compare Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc with peer funders
About Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc
- How much does Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc give?
- Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $6,120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (48%), Health (23%), Community Improvement (12%).
- Who are Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Greenwich Hospital ($8.1M), Greenwich Academy Inc ($5.5M), YWCA Greenwich Connecticut Inc ($3.9M).
- Does Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jean and David W Wallace 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 Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc based?
- Jean and David W Wallace Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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