· Private foundation
Lewis J and Wanda S Wilson Hesed 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $6,000 |
| CODE OF VETS | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,125 |
| ATLAS & ARROW | $1,050 |
| RESPIRE HAITI | $1,050 |
| MISION DE CANDELILLA | $750 |
| HONOR VETERANS NOW | $675 |
| HILL COUNTRY YOUTH ORCHESTRA | $450 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +22% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- MDMision De Candelilla8× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +54%
- SFSPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION3× · 2019–2021 · $12k · revenue +91%
- CMCOMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK6× · 2017–2022 · $12k · revenue +152%
Funded once
- CCCRISWELL COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +14%
- RIREACH INTERNATIONALone grant, 2020 · $30k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To proclaim the gospel of jesus christ
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…
Missions - sponsors foreign and domestic missions and orphanages with a special emphasis on missions in India
As part of the body of Christ, to see that every young person in every people group in every nation has the opportunity to make an informed decision to be a follower of Jesus Christ and become a part of the local church.
The Convention of Full Gospel Churches exists to be a Holy Spirit-empowered, Christ-centered fellowship of churches, faithfully proclaiming the Word of God, ministering in the power of the Holy Spirit, equipping the saints for service, and…
As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.
The mission of Dallas Theological Seminary is to glorify God by equipping godly servant-leaders for the proclamation of His Word and the building up of the body of Christ worldwide.
Gospel mission
Dualreach furthers the worldwide efforts of the christian church by partnering with other ministries & churches in evangelism ministries.
Grace Global Ministries exists to assist local churches in sending global workers to fulfill the Great Commission.
To share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and support missionaries and ministries.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds RAMESH RICHARD EVANGELISM AND CHURCH HEALTH ↗
- Who funds CRISWELL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Dallas Seminary Foundation ↗
- Who funds Mision De Candelilla ↗
- Who funds RESPIRE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL FORCES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COMMISSION MINISTERS NETWORK ↗
- Who funds FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES AND MINISTERS INTL INC ↗
- Who funds Create Healthy Management ↗
- Who funds HONOR VETERANS NOW ↗
- Who funds HILL COUNTRY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS INC ↗
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 · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Lewis J and Wanda S Wilson Hesed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lewis J and Wanda S Wilson Hesed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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