Kentucky · Private foundation
Michael Ibold Wilger 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.
- $98k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $86,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $86,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 2 | $98k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $112k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $93k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $112k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $108k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $102k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $89k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $90k | 60% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $76,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Clark Lake Spirit Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Bethany House Services Inc | $44,225 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chatfield Edge | $39,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Over-The-Rhine Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Uc Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Works | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Talbert House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Museum Center | $76,900 | 4 | 0% |
| Clark Lake Spirit Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Bethany House Services Inc | $44,225 | 4 | 0% |
| The Chatfield Edge | $39,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $38,000 | 4 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Over-The-Rhine Museum | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Uc Health Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Works | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Talbert House | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The First Step Home Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ProKids | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($539k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc · Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Williams Foundation · Edelweiss Foundation · The Wyler Family Foundation · Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1 · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation
How this is measured
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About Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation
- How much does Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation give?
- Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $97,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (20%), Housing & Shelter (9%), Education (7%).
- Who are Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cincinnati Museum Center ($77k), Clark Lake Spirit Foundation Inc ($60k), Bethany House Services Inc ($44k).
- Does Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael Ibold Wilger 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 Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc, Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation.
- Where is Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation based?
- Michael Ibold Wilger Foundation is based in KY.
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