Texas · Private foundation
John & Susan Wilder Foundation
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.
- $251k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $55M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations John & Susan Wilder Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 8 | $250k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $296k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $309k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $210k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $163k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $110k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $319k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $241k | 36% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Highland Park Isd Education Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids Across America | $38,180 | 8 | 0% |
| Lionheart Children's Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| High Soaring Eagle Center Inc | $20,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citysquare | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Td Club Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Crossroads Campus | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu Alumni Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Highland Park Isd Education Foundation | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Kids Across America | $38,180 | 8 | 0% |
| Lionheart Children's Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| High Soaring Eagle Center Inc | $20,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Team Rubicon Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Citysquare | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Td Club Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Crossroads Campus | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lsu Alumni Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | $275 | 2 | 0% |
| Healing Place Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Susan Wilder Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About John & Susan Wilder Foundation
- How much does John & Susan Wilder Foundation give?
- John & Susan Wilder Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $250,747 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Susan Wilder Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (84%), Education (5%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are John & Susan Wilder Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc ($50k), Highland Park Isd Education Foundation ($45k), Kids Across America ($38k).
- Does John & Susan Wilder Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Susan Wilder Foundation 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 & Susan Wilder Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Communities Foundation of Texas Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is John & Susan Wilder Foundation based?
- John & Susan Wilder Foundation is based in TX.
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