Wisconsin · Private foundation
John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio
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.
- $307k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $28,864
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 27 | $307k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $251k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $282k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $309k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $325k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $298k | 10% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $305k | 6% |
| FY2017 | 30 | $316k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul's Pantry Inc | $191,939 | 8 | 0% |
| New Community Shelter Inc | $176,863 | 8 | 1% |
| Freedom House Ministries Inc | $164,995 | 8 | 3% |
| Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross | $150,096 | 8 | n/a |
| Manna for Life Ministries Inc | $110,342 | 8 | 5% |
| St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc | $99,343 | 8 | 1% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $94,894 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Missions in Many Lands | $90,457 | 8 | n/a |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $84,586 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvatorian Mission Warehouse Inc | $77,950 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 25 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul's Pantry Inc | $191,939 | 8 | 0% |
| New Community Shelter Inc | $176,863 | 8 | 1% |
| Freedom House Ministries Inc | $164,995 | 8 | 3% |
| Sisters of St Francis of the Holy Cross | $150,096 | 8 | n/a |
| Manna for Life Ministries Inc | $110,342 | 8 | 5% |
| St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc | $99,343 | 8 | 1% |
| Wayforward Resources Inc | $94,894 | 8 | 0% |
| Christian Missions in Many Lands | $90,457 | 8 | n/a |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $84,586 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvatorian Mission Warehouse Inc | $77,950 | 8 | n/a |
| Ecumenical Partnership for Housing Inc | $74,934 | 8 | 2% |
| New Life Community Church | $65,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc | $64,806 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Work Services Inc | $64,400 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $62,590 | 8 | 0% |
| The Gathering Place Inc | $59,050 | 8 | 8% |
| Sharing Resources Worldwide Inc | $51,650 | 8 | 24% |
| Ecumenical Foundation Inc | $36,606 | 4 | 43% |
| Feeding America | $35,750 | 6 | 0% |
| City Church Madison Inc | $35,250 | 4 | n/a |
| University of the Nations Kona Inc | $14,621 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Modern Day Missions | $4,695 | 1 | n/a |
| Unbound | $4,110 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($567k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: Arnold Vanden Wymelenberg Foundation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Madigan Family Foundation · Rosemary L & John P Mortensen Foundation · Wisconsin Public Service Foundation · Joseph & Sarah Van Drisse Charitable Trust · De Pere Christian Outreach · John and Engrid Meng Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Green Bay Marathon Inc · The Mulva Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio
- How much does John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio give?
- John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio reported 27 grants totaling $306,611 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (25%), Housing & Shelter (22%), Human Services (21%).
- Who are John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Paul's Pantry Inc ($192k), New Community Shelter Inc ($177k), Freedom House Ministries Inc ($165k).
- Does John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio 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 John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arnold Vanden Wymelenberg Foundation, Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation.
- Where is John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio based?
- John & Janet Vandenwymelenberg Foundatio is based in WI.
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